After so many years since Apple Watch has been unveiled to the world, Spotify, the largest streaming music service with more than 40 million songs and 87 million paying subscribers, finally shows its care about the smartwatch market by launching the long-awaited Spotify app for watchOS. Spotify has added standalone streaming support to its Apple Watch app. The update means Spotify users can stream music or podcasts over wi-fi or data – without connecting to an iPhone. Right now, the Spotify app offers no LTE streaming straight from the Apple Watch to a pair of headphones. And we wouldn’t hold your breath on that arriving any time soon. Offline playback.
Certain Spotify users can now stream music directly to their Apple Watch without requiring a connection to their iPhone.
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Some Spotify users have begun reporting that they have been given the ability to test out a beta release feature — the ability to stream music from Spotify over the Apple Watch without being connected to an iPhone.
Users who have been chosen see a blue beta badge next to the Apple Watch icon under the connected devices option.
There currently seems to be no rhyme or reason as to who is picked, and there is no way to opt into the beta. An Apple Watch user named Max toldiPhone Ticker that the icon appeared on his cellular-enabled Apple Watch Series 3 on the weekend of September 12.
Previously, the Spotify app on the Apple Watch could only control the Spotify app on a user's iPhone. However, this beta allows LTE users the ability to take their music on the go while leaving their iPhone at home.
Spotify was recently in the news for lashing out against the newly announced Apple One services bundle, stating it 'threatens our collective freedoms to listen, learn, create, and connect.'
Is spotify free any good music. Spotify is one of the earliest public voices to speak out against Apple, claiming the company gives itself advantages against competitors such as itself.
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Spotify confirmed today it has begun to roll out support for standalone streaming on its Apple Watch app. The feature had been spotted in testing back in September, and arrives roughly two years after Spotify first debuted its dedicated Apple Watch app.
With support for standalone streaming, users can listen to Spotify music or podcasts via a Wi-Fi connection or over cellular, without needing to be tethered to their iPhone.
The lack of support for standalone streaming has been a long time sore subjectfor a core group of Spotify's customers. It's even more of an issue for those who want to leave their iPhone behind when they're exercising -- like when they're out for a run, for example -- as well as any other time when carrying around an iPhone could be cumbersome.
With standalone streaming, however, Spotify users can stream from their wrist directly to their Bluetooth headphones or AirPods.
In the app, the option is still flagged with a beta label for some users, however.
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Spotify app smart tv toshiba. The update to the Spotify app was spotted in the U.S. by 9to5Mac, which noted more users had started seeing the feature show up for them even though they hadn't been a part of the September test group.
Spotify is not the first music service to offer a standalone streaming experience on the Apple Watch. In addition to Apple's own Apple Music service, Pandora rolled out support for standalone streaming back in February 2020.
However, it is ahead of YouTube Music on this front. Although YouTube just launched an Apple Watch version of its streaming music service in mid-October, it works more like a remote control from the YouTube Music app.
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Spotify confirmed the launch in statement to TechCrunch, but it hasn't made a formal announcement about the update.
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'We’re focused on developing experiences that enable users to listen to Spotify wherever and whenever they want – regardless of the device or platform,' a Spotify spokesperson said. 'After an initial testing period, we are now rolling out streaming capabilities for Spotify on the Apple Watch,' they added.