The company says the new offline feature will also work with albums and podcasts and is available globally. From there, tap the three dots along the top of the playlist and select download to Apple Watch. To transfer a playlist onto the Apple Watch, you'll need to open the updated Spotify app on your iPhone and head to the playlist you want to move onto the watch.

Spotify also says your watch will need to be on at least WatchOS 6.0, with the company recommending you download WatchOS 7.1 or later. A student option is also available for $5 (£6, AU$6) a month. A Premium membership runs $10 (£10, AU$12) a month for one account, $13 (£14, AU$17) a month for two accounts or $16 (£17, AU$19) a month for six accounts on a Family plan.

You'll need an Apple Watch Series 3 (or later) to use the new feature, and you'll also need a subscription to Spotify Premium.

It means runners, for example, will be able to listen to music without having to carry their iPhone - the Watch will stream the music to wireless headphones. On Friday the music streaming giant announced that it's begun rolling out the ability to download playlists for offline listening to Apple's wearable, bringing the Apple Watch on par with devices from Fitbit, Samsung and Garmin. They can also use their Apple Watch to control playback from everything, whether it’s wireless speakers, TVs, or gaming consoles, using Spotify Connect.If you're on Spotify and have an Apple Watch, you'll soon be able to listen on the go without an iPhone. Users can play, pause, and skip tracks or podcast episodes directly from their wrist. They can connect their headphones and start listening, without carrying the phone with them. Once playlists, albums, or podcasts are downloaded, users can see a little green arrow next to their names. Users can visit the Downloads section on the watch, to check the progress of the download. Users need to select the playlist, album, or podcast they want to download and press the three dots (…) and choose “Download to Apple Watch.” The company reckons this as a highly requested feature for Spotify on the Apple Watch. Spotify will let its premium users download playlists and podcasts on Apple Watch for offline use. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories.

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