To check on the progress, head over to the Downloads section on the watch.
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Find the music and podcasts you want to download on your watch.Here’s how Spotify says to find the new functionality:
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However, it’s going to be a gradual rollout with the platform saying the “new overall experience for Spotify on Apple Watch is rolling out to all users globally over the coming weeks.” How to use Spotify Apple Watch offline playback
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Spotify notes “we’re beginning to roll out” the offline mode to Premium subscribers for Apple Watch users and says to update to the latest Spotify iOS/watchOS release – 8.6.28. This is on top of all the other Spotify features on Apple Watch-from Connect & Control to streaming to Siri. All users are already able to play tracks, albums, playlists, and podcasts, and now Premium users will also be able to download everything they’re listening to for a true offline and phone-free experience.
Starting today, we’re rolling out the ability to download your favorite playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch.
Spotify announced the news in a press release on May 21: We’ve previously reached out to Spotify about when the rollout will be complete but haven’t gotten a response yet, but hopefully, we’re close! Check out the steps below to see if the feature is available for you now. However, some users have said force closing Spotify and reopening it has revealed Apple Watch offline playback. Spotify released a new 8.6.40 iOS update on July 1 that wouldn’t hurt to make sure you’re running, but this is likely a server-side rollout. Noted by Gadgets and Wearables and users on Reddit, more and more Spotify customers are seeing the Apple Watch offline functionality show up over the last day in countries like the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Austria, Brazil, UAE, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Malaysia, and more. Update 7/6: The global rollout of Apple Watch offline playback appears to be picking up speed. The ability to download content to Apple Watch is starting to roll out to Premium subscribers now. When giving evidence, Apple’s Ms.Offline playback for Apple Watch has been a top requested feature from Spotify users for a long time and today the platform is delivering on it. This, of course, is to YouTube’s benefit. This exempts platforms that host user-generated content from legal liability for copyright infringement until they obtain “actual knowledge” of it. Indeed, in the UK YouTube “i s second only to radio as the means for discovering new music.” There was criticism for so-called ‘safe-harbor’ provision. Apple Music has 60 million monthly subscribers, while Spotify has 320 million active users. The Google-owned video platform has t wo billion active monthly users. While Apple and Spotify are important parts of the music streaming industry, they pale in comparison to YouTube. We do not think that an ad-supported service can generate enough revenue to support a healthy overall ecosystem and it would also go against our fundamental values on privacy. No surprise that its representatives “ spoke several times about how its business model has reflected its pro-privacy values that differentiate its products to those of other tech companies.” When giving evidence, Elena Segal, Global Senior Director of Music Publishing at Apple rejected the idea of a potential ad-supported model. Included in the report is a summary of the evidence Apple gave to the committee. The report also noted that for the likes of Apple and Amazon’s music streaming is regarded as a loss leader. The committee’s report said that “ there has been a continuous fall in average revenue per user (ARPU) for streaming services and therefore, by virtue of the revenue…the music industry.” It said this problem could be “exacerbated” by Apple and Spotify offering lossless audio without any price increasing. While lawmakers largely focussed their criticism on major labels, not services like Apple Music, the committee’s chairman Julian Knight MP said that they “have real concerns about the way the market is operating, with platforms like YouTube able to gain an unfair advantage over competitors and the independent music sector struggling to compete against the dominance of the major labels.” Apple Music Lossless ‘Exarcebating’ Streaming Industry Issues LONDON – UK MPs called for a “complete reset” of music streaming on Thursday.
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