Spotify offers an option to download Spotify songs for offline listening, but it is only available for Premium subscribers. Until Jan, 2018, Spotify reported to have 157 million active users, of which 70 million were paying Spotify subscribers. Spotify, one of the most wonderful music streaming services, provides access to over 50 million songs.As of July 2020, it had 248 million monthly active users, including 113 million paying subscribers, meaning that most of them are free users who can stream Spotify music online with advertisements and are not be allowed to download Spotify music for offline listening. To make a playlist available offline by using the desktop application, follow these steps: Select the playlist you want by clicking its title in the Spotify window’s left sidebar. The playlist’s tracks appear in the main Spotify pane. At the top-right, click the Available Offline option to flick the switch to the On position.
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Updated Sep. 24, 2020
Does Apple Watch 6 support streaming Spotify music directly without an iPhone connection? Sorry, the answer is still no. But Spotify is now testing direct Apple Watch streaming for select users. However, there is still no news on storing a playlist locally for offline listening. - read more
Spotify officially released its Apple Watch app on Nov 13, 2018. With this new app, users can enjoy an improved experience with better control and the ability to seamlessly connect to your speakers or devices.
Spotify’s first Apple Watch version includes the ability to access and control your favorite Spotify music and podcasts from wrist, and control how music is played to compatible Spotify Connect devices. But one important feature is missing: you can't store Spotify music locally on your wrist for offline listening.
The lack of offline playback may disappoint you. It means you still can't go for a run with just Bluetooth headphones and leave iPhone at home. Spotify is promising that offline playback support is coming in the future, however, it's not achieved. Unfortunately, it's a similar story for Apple Watch LTE owners with a data contract who were hoping to stream Spotify music directly from their wrist for listening on a pair of connected Bluetooth headphones. Currently the ability to do this doesn't exist in the Spotify app and there's a good chance it never will, since Apple's API for watchOS 5 doesn't permit third-party apps to use direct cellular or Wi-Fi streaming.
If you want to play Spotify music on Apple Watch offline without iPhone, here is a solution.
You can sync music, podcasts, or audiobooks from your iPhone to your Apple Watch. Then you can play the content on your watch without your iPhone nearby, even if your watch is not connected to Wi-Fi or cellular.
How to sync Spotify music to Apple Watch? First, you need to download them to DRM-free mp3 format. Yes, Spotify songs you downloaded with premium account are DRM-protected and can't be synced to Apple Watch. To download Spotify music to mp3 with either free or premium account, all you need is Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter, which is available on Mac and Windows. It's an excellent Spotify music downloader and converter, which is able to strip DRM from Spotify music and convert Spotify to MP3, M4A, FLAC or WAV with 100% original quality.
Follow the detailed tutorial as below to learn how to download Spotify music to mp3 and sync to Apple Watch.
Part 1 Download Spotify music to MP3
Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify Converter. Please make sure you have installed Spotify app on your computer.
Option 1 Drag&drop songs, albums or playlists you want to download from Spotify app to the Ondesoft Spotify Converter interface.
Option 2: Click the Add Files button, copy and paste the Spotify song/album/playlist link to the bottom area, then click the Add button.
(Right click the song/album/playlist name and then choose Share - Copy Song/Album/Playlist Link)
The default output format is mp3. You can also click the Options button to choose other output format(MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG or AIFF), bitrate and samplerate.
When finish the above settings, click the Convert button to start the conversion.
After the conversion, click below folder icon to locate the DRM-free Spotify songs.
Part 2 Add converted Spotify music to iTunes library
Add the converted Spotify songs to your iTunes library and then create a playlist for them. Turn on iCloud Music Library and your entire iTunes library will also appear on your iPhone.
Part 3 Sync Spotify music to your Apple Watch
Add the converted Spotify songs to your Apple Watch by syncing them. After you sync, you can play the Spotify music on your Apple Watch without your iPhone.
1. Set your Apple Watch on its charger and make sure that the device is charging.
2. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Bluetooth. Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on.
3. On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app, then tap the My Watch tab.
4. Tap Music > Add Add Music.
5. Choose the music that you want to sync.
Part 4 Offline play Spotify music on Apple Watch
Once the converted Spotify playlist has synced to your Apple Watch and your headphones are paired with your watch, you can listen to the playlist on your Apple Watch without your iPhone.
1. On your Apple Watch, open the Music app.
2. Tap the Apple Watch icon to set it as the music source.
3. Tap Playlists.
4. At the top you’ll see, On My Apple Watch. Select the playlist, press play and your music will begin!
Check other free music apps for Apple Watch.
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