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Spotify Launches Offline Backup for Premium Users

Highlights

Spotify introduced the Offline Backup feature.
The new feature will create automatic offline playlists for Premium users when the internet is interrupted.
It will use cached songs stored on the device.
The feature will be available globally for Premium users on Android and iOS.

Spotify Premium users can enjoy the Offline Backup feature that automatically creates a playlist when a user has no internet. (Image credit – Spotify)

Spotify is getting more and more intuitive and will now create a playlist for you automatically when your internet connection is interrupted. Here’s what you need to know.

Spotify is rolling out a new feature called Offline Backup. The feature will make sure Spotify listeners always have music to listen to even when they are without an internet connection. It automatically creates a playlist of recently streamed and queued tracks, making them available offline without the need for manual downloads.

However, there is a catch.

Office Backup feature will only be available for Premium users.

The newly rolled-out feature works by using cached songs already stored on the device.

Users can filter and sort tracks by artist, mood, and genre and the playlist evolves as they listen. The intuitiveness of the feature ensures fresh content is always available.

According to the GSMArena report, the feature uses no extra data or storage since it leverages cached songs.

The new tool is available to Premium users globally on both Android and iOS.

It will appear automatically in the Home feed when offline. To use it, users need offline listening enabled and must have recently listened to at least five songs.

Moreover, Spotify premium users can also add the Offline Backup playlist to their Library for easy access anytime.

The feature aims to solve one of the most common user problems where listeners often forget to download the songs they are listening to. This creates an issue when users go offline.

The new feature will ensure Spotify Premium users always have music at their fingertips even when they are in no-signal zones or have their internet connection disrupted.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek mentioned last year that the company was testing a feature called “Offline Mix.”

It remains unclear if Spotify ever rolled out this feature to all users. The Offline Backup feature could potentially be a repetition of the Offline Mix feature.

In contrast, YouTube Music has an “Offline mixtape” feature that allows users to auto-download liked music.

This Google-owned service can download up to 500 songs in different playlists if users enable the “Smart download” functionality.

FAQs

What is Spotify’s new Offline Backup feature?

The Offline Backup feature automatically creates a playlist of recently streamed and queued tracks, making them available offline without manual downloads.

Who can use the Offline Backup feature on Spotify?

The Offline Backup feature is available exclusively for Spotify Premium users on both Android and iOS devices.

How does the Offline Backup feature work?

It uses cached songs already stored on the device, requires offline listening enabled, and at least five recently listened songs. The playlist evolves with user listening habits.

How to use Offline Backup of Spotify ?

Offline Backup will appear automatically in the Home feed anytime you’re offline.
Make sure you’ve listened to more than five songs recently and have offline listening enabled. Find this under Settings and then Data Saving and Offline or Storage. Look for the Offline Listening toggle.

You can add Offline Backup to Your Library for easy access at any time.

Can’t find Offline Backup? Make sure your Spotify app is updated to the latest version.
Our goal is to create a seamless listening experience for users, no matter where they are or how they choose to listen.

How to turn off Offline Backup feature ?

To turn the Offline Backup feature on or off, head to Settings > Data Saving and Offline or Storage and then toggle Offline Listening.

If the Spotify app is using too much data or you need to free up space on your phone, you can also clear stored downloads and other cached data from those areas as well.

When asked how much data offline backups will consume, Spotify said it is “simply giving you access to music without using any extra data or storage.”