Offline sync now enabled for Spotify Premium subscribers
When online streaming service Spotify released their mobile clients for iPhone and Android, many users commented on how the offline synchronisation features provided for mobile users would also be useful in the Windows and Mac offerings, particularly for laptop users. Well, what do you know, Spotify have just added the exact same feature to their desktop clients!
Manifesting itself as a nice simple toggle switch (pictured above) and only available to users with a paid premium subscription (currently £9.99 / $15), the new functionality works beautifully and is a great way for Spotify to add value.
Spotify streams it's tunes in the open source OGG format, however it is not clear whether DRM is applied to the downloaded files or whether they are simply 'disguised' by way of obscure filenames.
Spotify is yet to make clear it's intentions with regards to launching in the US.
[via The Guardian]
