https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Offline-mode-data-usage/m-p/621834#M24789 <P>Hello!</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Yes, usually it will play the song you downloaded for offline use. If you want to be safe, go into settings, playback and click "offline mode". <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:34:11 GMT Josh 2013-12-16T20:34:11Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Offline-mode-data-usage/m-p/621818#M24787 <P>If I take a playlist offline... If I actually am online (4G), is Spotify smart enough to use the local downloaded versions of the songs so that I am not using my data bandwidth?</P> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:24:51 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Offline-mode-data-usage/m-p/621818#M24787 mikesalz 2013-12-16T20:24:51Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Offline-mode-data-usage/m-p/621834#M24789 <P>Hello!</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Yes, usually it will play the song you downloaded for offline use. If you want to be safe, go into settings, playback and click "offline mode". <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:34:11 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Offline-mode-data-usage/m-p/621834#M24789 Josh 2013-12-16T20:34:11Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Offline-mode-data-usage/m-p/621842#M24790 <P>It should (and for me it does) however some people have reported data usage issues - at the minute no one seems to know what causes it!&nbsp;</P> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:31:06 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Offline-mode-data-usage/m-p/621842#M24790 Peter__ 2013-12-16T20:31:06Z