The team behind Spotify has been busy lately. The company is reportedly finalizing the details of a new premium tier, which may include Hi-Res audio and other features. They’ve also expanded AI DJ to more countries and languages. Now, Spotify is getting a new feature that automatically creates offline playlists for when you don’t have an internet connection available.
Spotify Offline Backup generates automatic offline playlists for when you don’t have internet
You may have traveled on roads without cellular network coverage. You may also have visited remote places where mobile signal is non-existent, or you have had to set your phone to “airplane mode.” As a Spotify user, you can still listen to songs you’ve manually downloaded individually. However, the process can be a bit cumbersome for many. The new “Offline Backup” feature aims to solve the problem by doing the work for you.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek first talked about Offline Backup last year, calling it “Your Offline Mix” at the time. The feature, as its name implies, generates offline playlists that remain accessible on Spotify even when you’re not online. The service will use the data it collects about your music tastes to create the offline playlists without you even realizing it. The playlists will then show up in your Spotify app’s main feed when you’re offline. You can permanently pin the playlist if you like the content, though.
Now available for premium subscribers
The feature is only available to Spotify premium subscribers, with no details on whether it will reach the free tier as well. Users must have listened to at least five songs for the platform’s algorithms to work their magic. You’ll be able to sort songs into automatic offline playlists by artist, mood, and genre. Plus, they’ll change over time, adapting to your evolving music tastes.
With Offline Backup, Spotify is catching up in an area that other services have been ahead of. Music streaming platforms like YouTube Music have offered the Offline Mixtape feature for a while now. Even video streaming services like Netflix include something similar.
