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Apple made an Apple Music app for the watch with support for offline playback. Spotify did not. I believe for a year or so the Watch OS has supported the APIs

Apple made an Apple Music app for the watch with support for offline playback. Spotify did not. I believe for a year or so the Watch OS has supported the APIs Spotify would need to do offline playback, but they have not yet used them for whatever reason.

csunbird 6y ago
This was a controversial topic actually, Spotify openly accused Apple for not providing the access to Apple Watch SDKs when Apple Music was first launched. The APIs are made available after a while I think, but Spotify is still mad. Spotifys accusation: https://timetoplayfair.com/the-case/ https://timetoplayfair.com/the-case/ Response from Apple: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/03/addressing-spotifys-claims/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/03/addressing-spotifys-c... HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19377322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19377322