How to Download Music and Podcasts From Spotify to Mobile, Desktop and Internet
Spotify is easy to take for granted – as long as the slow streaming speed or lack of internet connection prevents you from listening to some tunes or watching your favorite podcast. Luckily, Spotify now lets you download music and podcasts to your smartphone or computers so you can keep listening even when you’re offline. This option comes in handy if you are going on a long trip to places with unstable mobile service. Listening to downloaded content instead of streaming it from Spotify servers also helps to cut down on monthly data usage.
You can download content on the Spotify apps for Android, iOS, Mac and Windows, or from the Spotify web player, but the download permissions are different for different account types:
- Premium Spotify users can download complete playlists and podcast episodes.
- Free users can download podcasts.
Unfortunately, Spotify doesn’t allow you to download entire albums or even individual tracks; you need to save the songs you want to download to a playlist first. However, you can download as many playlists and podcasts as your device’s memory allows.
The downloaded content will stay in your Spotify offline library for as long as you want, but you will need to connect to the Spotify server at least once every 30 days to check your account status. If you don’t, your access to the downloaded songs will expire.
How to Download Audio Content from Spotify
Desktop (Mac, Windows, Internet)
- Open the Spotify desktop app or go to open.spotify.com .
- Sign in and make sure your device is connected to the Internet.
- To download music: open the playlist and turn on the “Download” button . S
- To download a podcast : Click the down arrow button next to the episode title.
- Wait for the download to complete. The downloaded content is saved to your library and displays a green arrow.
If you don’t see the download option in your desktop app yet, make sure you have the most recent version of the app you can get. Then wait; as of this writing, Spotify is still rolling out this feature.
Mobile (Android, iOS)
- Open the Spotify app and make sure you are connected to Wi-Fi or mobile data ( Note: downloading via mobile will affect the data limits of your mobile data plan).
- Open the playlist or podcast you want to download.
- On Android: Tap the Download switch.
- IOS: Tap the down arrow icon.
- Downloaded songs and podcasts will be marked with a green check mark. You can access all offline content on the “Your Library” tab.