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Offline Backup Keeps the Music Going When Your Connection Goes Missing

October 3, 2024

Have you ever hopped on a plane only to realize you forgot to download your favorite playlist? Are you looking for ways to save data with your data plan while still listening to your favorite artists? When the need for music is high and you find yourself offline, Spotify has you covered. Beginning today, we’re launching Offline Backup, bringing Premium users another way to keep listening to music offline, no downloads required.

Offline Backup takes your queued and recently streamed tracks and creates one easy-to-access playlist that is unique to you. To do this, we include tracks already stored on your device as part of your regular listening on Spotify (also known as cache). If you’re looking for a certain vibe, you can filter and sort songs within the playlist by artist, mood, and even genre—and Offline Backup evolves as you continue to listen, so you’ll always have something new. 

For the times that you forget to download your favorite audio, Offline Backup gives you another way to access music without using any extra data or storage. 

After testing Offline Backup with users last year and receiving positive feedback, we’re excited to offer this to Premium users globally. Offline Backup will begin rolling out on Android and iOS this week, including Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

How to use Offline Backup:

  • 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. 

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