It appears that the company decided on a gradual rollout which can be helpful to catch any issues before the feature gets into everyone's hands. It's now July, so the company obviously did not roll out the feature to everyone right away. Tap the three dots to get a menu one of the options should be Download to this device (i.e., your phone) and another will be Download to Apple Watch. Spotify had originally announced offline playback for Apple Watch back in May. But it seems to be a definite acceleration of the global rollout.
Many of these only got the software refresh in the past 24 hours. If you're a free user, you won't be able to download music on your Apple Watch. Offline playback for Spotify is also only available to premium Spotify subscribers with an Apple Watch Series 3 or later running WatchOS 6.0 or later (WatchOS 7.1 or later is recommended).
Presumably the rest of the user base will get the new version in the coming days.The update has hit users in the US, Germany, Austria, UAE, Brazil, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Portugal, Canada, UK and other countries. Availability of Spotify Downloads on Apple Watch. If youre a free user, you wont be able to download music on your Apple Watch. I would start with the guidance found from Spotify Support here: Apple Watch - Spotify. Availability of Spotify Downloads on Apple Watch. Most that have not had access to downloads before are getting the update – but not all. Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities I understand you are experiencing an issue with installing Spotify on your Apple Watch.
It is rolling out to users globally, so you should expect to have access to the new feature in the next week or so as long as the company doesn't discover some kind of major bug with the update.Īs reported by a multitude users, over the past day or so many people have started to see the Apple Watch download option. As reported by Gadgets and Wearables, a number of users have reported getting the feature over the last few days.