No, there’s no sign of Spotify HiFi yet, but the music streaming giant is testing another feature that keeps songs playing even when you’re offline.
Spotify (read our Spotify review) has long offered the ability to download music tracks for offline playback, but a new “Your Offline Mix” feature automatically pulls a playlist of your recently played songs. Download. This is great if your device behaves unexpectedly. You will lose your data connection.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek teased offline mixes on Twittersays it is “designed for times when you may not be able to get online.”
Ek also shared a screenshot of a feature revealing that Offline Mix can automatically download hours of music.
If Offline Mix sounds familiar, you might think of YouTube Music’s offline “mixtapes” that automatically download a collection of songs based on your previous listening history.
YouTube Music offline mixtapes update every 24 hours while connected to Wi-Fi. This is a paid premium member only feature.
Like many of Spotify’s tests, offline mixes have actually been around for a while, with TechCrunch pointing out that early versions of the feature were first spotted in 2020.
It’s unclear when or if Offline Mixes will officially roll out to Spotify users, and if you’ll need to be a paying Premium subscriber to use the feature. .
Given that only premium users can download Spotify tracks for offline listening, free users will most certainly not be able to access offline mixes again, assuming the feature is officially released.
