How to Play Spotify Music on Windows Phone Offline & Online

Hi I recently got Spotify premium and it works fine on everything except Windows Phone. Is this meant to happen? If so, does anyone recommend any apps that let you download music?—User from Reddit

Back in 2017, Spotify had confirmed the Spotify app for Windows Phone had been placed into maintenance mode, which means Spotify team would not update the app on Windows Phone anymore. And they also announced that the maintenance mode status would be ended in 2019, and by then Windows Phone users will not get the Spotify app with full functionality.

So even if you have subscribed to Spotify’s Premium plan, you still can not download songs on your Windows Phone because this feature has been shut down by the Spotify team. Besides, many users have reported other feature losses on their Spotify Windows Phone app like no result will be shown in the search bar and the Spotify Connect can not be used anymore.

But don’t worry, if you still want to play Spotify songs, check out the following part. We’ll give you a full guide to play Spotify songs on your Windows Phone without Premium.

Part 1. Can You Get Spotify App on Windows Phone?

#1. Can I Get Spotify App on Windows Phone?

Yes, if you can put up with all those functionality losses and the buggy API which almost makes the app unusable. But why Spotify no longer updates the app on Windows Phone? The reason is obvious, because the phone is not popular anymore.

#2. Why Did Spotify Stop Supporting Windows Phone?

Windows Phone was first launched in 2010 and it gained an estimated user base of 6.9 million people by the year 2010. But it didn’t use an Android system which later became one of the the most popular systems in the world. And in 2012 Google stopped making its apps for Windows Phone. Windows Phone users could not use Google apps like YouTube, Maps, G-mail, etc. And from then on Windows Phone started to collapse.

Spotify apparently won’t make so much effort to support a product that’s no longer popular. And so it finally shut down the update on Windows Phone in 2017.

But by the year of 2020, Windows Phone still has about 1 million users worldwide, how can these customers use the most popular music streaming platform on their Windows Phone? In the next part, we’ll provide you a solution.

Part 2. How to Play Spotify Music Files on Windows Phone

There’s no Spotify app for Windows Phone anymore. But you still can play Spotify songs on your Windows Phone offline even without Premium.

With the ViWizard Spotify Music Converter, you can download Spotify music files in compatible audio formats files - such as MP3s with Windows mobile device. You can transfer all the local Spotify Music files to your Windows Phone and ativate them on any music player for offline listening. To conserve phone storage, you can even upload them to OneDrive for online streaming . The whole process will require a Spotify free account only.

ViWizard Spotify Music Converter is designed to convert Spotify audio files into 6 different formats such as MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV and FLAC. With a accelerator designed by out specialists, the converting speed can be speeded up to 5X faster. Almost 100% of the original song quality will be kept after converting process. All the converted songs can be put and play on any supported devices without Premium.

1Launch ViWizard and Import Songs from Spotify

Open ViWizard software and the Spotify will be launched simultaneously. Then drag and drop tracks from Spotify into the ViWizard interface.

2 Set Up Output Parameters

After adding music tracks from Spotify to ViWizard, you can choose the output audio format. There're six options including MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, WAV and FLAC. And then you can adjust the audio quality by selecting the output channel, bit rate, and sample rate.

3 Start the Conversion

Once all the setting is finished, click the "Convert" button to start loading Spotify music tracks. After the conversion, all the files will be saved to your specified folder. You could browse all the converted songs by clicking "Converted" and navigate to the output folder.

Part 3. How to Transfer Spotify Music Files to Windows Phone [Offline/Online]

There're two methods to transfer Spotify Music files to your Windows phone either for offline listening or online streaming.

To Copy Spotify Music Files to Windows Phone Directly:

If you'd like to listen to Spotify Music files offline directly on your phone's music player, please prepare a USB cable and follow these steps.

1. Connect your Windows Phone to your computer with a USB cable.

2. Find the converted songs in your computer folder and then copy and paste it to your Windows Phone.

3. Play Spotify songs on your Windows Phone with any music player.

To Copy Spotify Music Files to Windows Phone through OneDrive

If you have choose to copy Spotify music files to Windows phone directly with a USB cable, you can choose to upload them to OneDrive app on your phone to save phone storage.

OneDrive is the most flexible option to save, upload and manage music files. You also choose to transfer the music files to your phone through OneDrive. If you'd like to stream the music files online, please use your OneDrive account to upload all the files or folders to it.

1. On PC, select File Explorer and move the Spotify music files or folder you want on your Windows phone to OneDrive.

2. After they're down uploading, songs from OneDrive will appear in the Groove app.

3. Later on the Windows phone, the files are streaming and won't take up space on your phone.

Part 4. How to Upload Spotify Music Files to OneDrive for Windows Phone

If you have choose to copy Spotify music files to Windows phone directly with a USB cable, you can choose to upload them to OneDrive app on your phone to save phone storage.

1. In the OneDrive app, in the folder where you want the Spotify music files added, select Upload.

2. If you are uploading individual Spotify music file, select Files. If you are uploading a folder and all of its contents, select Folder.

3. Browse to the files or folder you want to upload to OneDrive.

Conclusion

Although Spotify doesn't support Windows Phone anymore. We are not forgetting you. By using our ViWizard Spotify Music Converter, you can listen to any Spotify songs and podcasts on your Windows Phone without the Spotify app. And you don't even need a Spotify Premium account to do so.Click the download button right below and start a free trial, you'll get the best Spotify listening experience on your Windows Phone.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.