The beauty of competition is when competitors push each other to improve; In the end, the one who wins is the user. The launch of YouTube Music should have sparked that reaction at Spotify, but instead the company focused on podcasts, including a new interface in the Spotify app, to make them easier to discover.
Now that the bet on podcasts does not seem to have worked, with the layoff of 800 workers so far this year, we may begin to see more news related to music; who knows, it may be the best time to launch the music in high definition on Spotify.
At the moment, Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, has shown a new functionality clearly for music loverswhich YouTube Music users have been enjoying for some time.
Offline Playlists on Spotify
The function is called “Offline Mix”, and it is a playlist that will be created automatically with songs downloaded in the memory. They are songs that we can listen to no need for an internet connection and therefore, it will be especially useful for those times when we want to listen to something but we don’t have a nearby access point and we don’t want to spend more internet data on our phone line.
It escapes no one that YouTube Music already has exactly the same thing, an ‘offline’ list that compiles the songs saved on the mobile; to this we must add that this app also has the function of smart downloads, which automatically saves songs that we might like or want to listen to again. Those two features together make YouTube Music superior for users who spend a lot of time without a mobile internet connection.
We’ve been testing out a new feature called “Your Offline Mix” – a playlist designed for those times when you might not be online ✈️
What do you think? pic.twitter.com/9so0FZMRPX
— Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) June 8, 2023
This new Spotify “Offiline Mix” won’t work exactly the same, as it won’t download songs automatically. According to the description, it will only save recently played songs, so it is assumed that it will use the files that have already been downloaded in the mobile memory and will not download new files. Therefore, in this list there will only be songs that we have already listened to, but that can be enough for many situations.
This function is available first for the Spotify Premium users and as usual, it is a progressive release that will gradually reach all app installations. At the moment, there is no information on when, if at all, it will come to free accounts.
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2023-06-09 14:48:56
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