Spotify launches an offline playlist, so you never run out of music

Have you lost your connection and haven’t planned any downloaded content for offline listening? Spotify now automatically generates a playlist based on your tastes, which you can listen to in all circumstances, without internet access.

In transport in particular, it is not uncommon to lose connection to the network. A frustrating situation when you use a streaming application to listen to music and the sound cuts out unexpectedly. Spotify made the same observation and is in the process of deploying a new feature aimed at overcoming this defect.

Called “Offline Backup”, this function consists of establishing a automatically generated playlist depending on your listening and accessible at any time offline. This can last long enough to last an entire trip, an author of TechRadar reporting that his lasts a mere 7:28 p.m.

Spotify automatically generates a playlist for offline listening

Spotify already offered to download tracks, albums and playlists for offline use, but this requires manual intervention from the user. With “Offline Backup”, you have a backup offline playlist if you have forgotten to download content or if you had not anticipated a loss of signal. It can also be an interesting alternative if you want to put your smartphone in airplane mode to mute notifications while continuing to listen to music with Spotify on the fly.

The playlist created is based on recent songs listened to and those placed in the queue. For Spotify to generate this personalized “Offline Backup” playlist for you, you must enable offline mode in the mobile app settings, then start listening to music. Tracks listened to before activating the option will not be taken into account for the implementation of the playlist.

To access the playlist, simply open Spotify without an internet connection, it will be offered to you straight away in the news feed on the home page. Filters allow you to sort genres to adapt the music to your current mood. “Offline Backup” is available from October 3, 2024 for Premium subscribers.