The service is also coming to Google Wear OS watches soon, per an announcement at I/O. Samsung has already offered the feature on some of the competition, including Samsung’s Galaxy Watch line. With headphones paired, you’ll be able to stream directly from the watch. Users click the three ellipses next to an album, playlist or podcast and click “Download to Apple Watch.” Once downloaded, green arrows will populate next to the title. The new feature works more or less like standard downloading and sharing. That means users will be able to leave their phone at home when they go for a jog. Starting today, Premium subscribers can download music and podcasts to the wearable for offline listening. Today Spotify announced that it’s finally bringing to the smartwatch what’s no doubt been one of its most requested features. And playing nice ultimately benefits a wide swath of users in that overlapping Venn diagram. 1 spot in their respective categories by a wide margin. At the end of the day though, the Apple Watch and Spotify maintain the No. After all, Apple runs the streaming service’s biggest competitor.
Spotify announced that the same feature will be coming to Wear OS in the future.The relationship between Spotify and Apple has been…understandably contentious at times. However, the feature isn’t just for Apple users. “Now, all users can control playback-seamlessly playing, pausing, and skipping tracks or podcast episodes-directly from your wrist,” said Spotify. You can use your Watch to control playback from everything-wireless speakers, TVs, or gaming consoles, using Spotify Connect. Spotify also highlights playback control on Apple Watch for other speakers. Connect your headphones and start listening, even if you left your phone at home.Once playlists, albums, or podcasts in your library are downloaded, you’ll see a little green arrow next to their names.To check on the progress, head over to the Downloads section on your Watch.Choose “Download to Apple Watch” (If you can’t find the option, it hasn’t rolled out for you yet).Press the three dots (…) that usually will lead you to Share options.Find the music and podcasts you want to download on your Watch.But here’s how to find the functionality manually: Some users have also said that they’ve tried force closing Spotify and reopening it to reveal the pop up notification for Apple Watch’s offline playback. If you’re unsure about if its available to you yet, make sure you’ve updated the app to the 8.6.40 iOS update, which was released on 1 July.
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