Streaming or playing from downloaded file?

[abcabcabc]

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue

Hello. During holiday I had a limited data plan. I came up with the following question.

When listening to a playlist where some songs are on my device and some not does Spotify stream all songs from the web or only the songs that are not loaded on my device?

[Peter]

Hello @abcabcabc,

Thanks for sharing your question with the Community 🙂

We can confirm that even if you have the tracks downloaded on your device, mobile data will still be used if you listen to them online. If you don't want any mobile data to be used while you're travelling, we recommend setting the app to Offline Mode.

Alternatively, you can check out this article on our support website, which includes some tips on how to reduce mobile data usage.

Hope this answers your question. We're always happy to help if you have other questions!