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Aaron O'Leary

Spotify for Apple Watch - Spotify's new app for the Apple Watch

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Today, Spotify is introducing a new app for the Apple Watch, giving you the ability to seamlessly access and control your favorite music and podcasts without missing a beat.

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Matt Taylor

You still need to run with your iPhone or have Apple Music on your Apple Watch if you want tunes while you run. This app does nothing more than Spotify Connect.

Pros:

None

Cons:

No LTE or offline playback on the watch

Josh Pigford
I switched to Apple Music a while back so I could listen to music while running and not need my phone. Apple Watch + Apple Music + AirPods = 🎉 I've been itching for a Spotify Apple Watch app so I could switch back, but alas, this doesn't seem to be more than a glorified remote ("future release will include support for listening to music and podcasts while offline"). 😞
Eva Pavlikova
@shpigford exactly, same here. Until the app will not support offline playing, need to use Apple music.
Nick O'Neill

If Apple wasn't preventing Spotify from launching an app, why has this taken so long?!?!? If I could download a playlist for use offline or over LTE/Wifi that would make this the killer app.

Pros:

Can select a different playlist from the watch.

Cons:

Can't play offline or store any information offline.

Hunter MacLean
@KhaosT had an app called Apollo for Watch that could do Spotify streaming, but Spotify asked him to take it down. Either Spotify is being bullied by Apple or they're trying to figure out some cleve subscription package to allow cellular streaming to get more money from us. https://twitter.com/KhaosT/statu...
Aaron O'Leary
Hunter
Spotify have officially launched on the Apple Watch! 🎉To use Spotify on the Apple Watch, make sure your Spotify app is updated to the latest one 🎧
Sarah Evans
I'm so proud of myself for holding out on buying all of my Spotify playlists on Apple Music. I run with my Airpods and Watch in the mornings and my music was getting stale. I. Am. So. Excited. 👏 🎉 🎶 💃👏 🎉 🎶 💃👏 🎉 🎶 💃👏 🎉 🎶 💃👏 🎉 🎶 💃
Matt Taylor
@prsarahevans Well then you'll be disappointed to hear that this is nothing more than a glorified remote for your phone. No LTE or offline play. Useless.
Mattan Ingram
@prsarahevans I'm confused, you don't buy music on Apple Music, you pay for a subscription just like Spotify right?
Sarah Evans
@mattaningram yes. I thought this was a stand alone Watch app so I didn’t need to run with my phone too. I used to buy all music via iTunes in the pre-Spotify days.
Elad Ossadon
“Hit play from your Apple Watch without having to wrangle your phone out of its running case.” So the iPhone still needs to be carried... 😕 Edit: just saw this on PH, gonna try! https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Chris Owens
@elado Apollo (linked in Elad's comment) is the offline playback and LTE streaming app everyone is looking for.
Sarah Evans
@elado I’m so sad.
kassie
As for Spotify for Apple Watch, I usually listen to my Spotify on Apple Watch via the DRmare Windows Music Converter for Spotify. Besides, with this tool, I can also use Spotify music on other devices with ease.
JJ
Yes! Been waiting a long time for this. Updating now to use during the morning commute.
Ryan Hoover
Yo, @suzywillow. This is for you.
Tomas Josef
I like it
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