Downloading music on Apple Watch

[Hubo]

Hey folks!

Here's a few tips & tricks to share about downloading music from Spotify on your Apple Watch! - If you're looking to get started, check this out!

Not seeing the 'Download to Apple Watch'-button yet? Make sure your Spotify app is up-to-date the Spotify app is installed on your Apple Watch as well! 

To download music, you'll need a Apple Watch Series 3 or newer on watchOS 6.0 or higher (7.1 or higher is recommended).

Want to download Liked Songs? Just add them to a playlist and use the steps from this page to download them to your Apple Watch. 

Downloads keep stopping? Make sure your Apple Watch is on and the Spotify app is open on your Watch. After a bit of time, your Apple Watch might suspend the app if you're not using it actively so be sure to keep it in focus.

Downloads not working? Your Apple Watch battery might be a bit too low to download. Make sure your Apple Watch is charged or on a charger to start downloading. 

Want to check (the status of) your downloads? On your Apple Watch, swipe right to Your Library and choose for 'Downloads'. There you should be able to find everything you've downloaded and the status of your downloads.

Got any more tips to share? Post them here!

If you're looking to get help with downloading music from Spotify on your Apple Watch, create a new thread on the iOS Help-board.

[Eni]

Hey there @Chant1,

Thanks for reaching out about this here in the Community. 
 

Great troubleshooting so far, we can add a few more steps to make sure we've covered all bases:

• Re-pair the watch with your phone
• Reinstall the app on the watch
• Reinstall the app on your phone

Let us know how it goes.

[Chant1]

Ok, Thanks. I will give it a try!

[omegå]

I have already done the hassle of trying all the solutions, sent a ticket months ago to seek help about this issue and yet, after a year, can't use offline music on Apple Watch. I swear if somebody else comes up with some "magical" concoction of random steps I'll go crazy. It should take two taps or clicks from the Apple Watch app to download a playlist: it shouldn't take a reinstall or initialization of the smartwatch or smartphone to work. That's just an obtuse way of thinking: this isn't an alpha release of an extremely niche app developed by a one-man developer, where you can accept quirky ways of workarounds; this is Spotify that fails over and over. 

I feel pity for the moderators and community managers, but you better forward our complaints to the software engineering team: we are sick and tired of having to resort to Apple Music for our basic needs.

[psinke1974]

My thoughts exactly. This should just work right? A one time reinstall may be acceptable in rare cases, but it’s not acceptable to “solve” recurring issues with Spotify and Apple Watch. 

[Ver]

Hey everyone,

From the comments here, we can see that many of you experience different types of issues.

In order to avoid potential confusion we've summed them up below.

Keep in mind that there is a limit of songs per playlist (50) that you can download on the watch. If you try downloading a playlist that contains more than 50 songs, issues might occur. In order to avoid that, you can divide the songs in to different playlists.

In case you've added new songs to a downloaded playlist, you'll need to redownload the playlist to your watch so the new songs can be included.

If you try downloading a playlist and it gets stuck at the first song, we recommend that you follow the steps under the Status Update in this thread.

If you've downloaded a podcast episode or a playlist and you can't play them, you can give the steps below a go if you haven't already. In most cases they resolve such issues:

• Restart the watch
• Re-pair the watch with your phone
• Reinstall the app on the watch
• Reinstall the app on your phone
• Try a different internet connection

If you still experience one of the above mentioned issues or another type of an issue, you can write in the relevant Help Board. That way we can look into them separately.

Be sure to also check out @Hubo's tips and tricks regarding this feature.

Thanks!

[Camila73]

No me aparece la carpeta descargas en el apple watch

[Yofrez]

I recently bought that latest Apple Watch series 9 45mm. I can start downloading content, but it is constantly waiting and never starts downloading. This is a very frustrating issue. My battery is a 100% on my watch and phone and I have the latest Spotify version.

Plan

Premium

Country

US

Device

(iPhone 13 Pro) 

Operating System

(iOS 17.5.1) 

My Question or Issue

How do I download music to my Apple Watch so I can listen to it without my phone .