If you wear an Apple Watch and you subscribe to Spotify, you can download your favorite playlists, albums and podcasts directly to your Apple Watch for offline listening. This allows you to leave your iPhone at home while you run or workout. It's less to carry and less to distract you. All you to need to listen to music is your Apple Watch and wireless headphones or wireless earbuds.
This Spotify and Apple Watch integration has been around since 2021. When it first rolled out it was a big deal because it no longer meant that you had to be Apple Music subscriber to download songs to your Apple Watch. Today, you can download music to your Apple Watch if you're a paying subscriber to Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Deezer and Tidal.
Can I download Spotify Music to my Apple Watch?
The answer is yes, but there are two caveats:
• First, you need to be a Spotify Premium subscriber (meaning you have to be a paying subscriber).
• Second, you need to have an Apple Watch that's running watchOS 6.0 or later — this means that older Apple Watch models, like the Series 2 and Series 1, won't get this ability.
How to download music from Spotify to your Apple Watch
Downloading Spotify music onto your Apple for offline listening is very simple — and it can be done either on your iPhone or your Apple Watch. Before starting, make sure that your Apple Watch or iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi or LTE. (We recommend downloading when your iPhone and Apple Watch are connected to Wi-Fi, otherwise it's going to rely on your iPhone's LTE connection, which is going to drain data.)
Download using your Apple Watch:
- Open the Spotify app on your Apple Watch.
- Find the playlist, album or podcasts you want to download.
- Select the playlist, album or podcast and press the down arrow.
Download using your iPhone:
- Open the Spotify app on your Apple Watch.
- Find the playlist, album or podcasts you want to download.
- Select the playlist, album or podcast and press the down arrow.
Once the playlist, album, or podcasts in your library are downloaded, you’ll see a little green arrow next to them.
How to connect wireless earbuds and headphones to your Apple Watch
After you've downloaded music from Spotify to your Apple Watch, the next step is connecting your wireless headphones or wireless earbuds directly to your Apple Watch (instead of to your iPhone). This way you can stream your downloaded music directly to your headphones or wireless earbuds and leave your iPhone at home while you run or workout.
- Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
- Scroll down and select Bluetooth.
- Select the wireless earbuds or wireless headphones you want to connect.
