However, some users have said force closing Spotify and reopening it has revealed Apple Watch offline playback. Spotify released a new 8.6.40 iOS update on July 1 that wouldn’t hurt to make sure you’re running, but this is likely a server-side rollout. Noted by Gadgets and Wearables and users on Reddit, more and more Spotify customers are seeing the Apple Watch offline functionality show up over the last day in countries like the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Austria, Brazil, UAE, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Malaysia, and more. Update 7/6: The global rollout of Apple Watch offline playback appears to be picking up speed. The ability to download content to Apple Watch is starting to roll out to Premium subscribers now.
Offline playback for Apple Watch has been a top requested feature from Spotify users for a long time and today the platform is delivering on it.
