Are you still looking for an uninterrupted listening experience, even in areas with limited connectivity? Look no further! Tidal, the renowned music streaming service, has your back with its exclusive offline mode feature. With Tidal's offline mode, you can now download your favorite tracks, albums, and playlists directly to your smartphone or tablet. Then you can always access your most-loved music anytime, anywhere.
In this guide, we'll walk your through the ins and outs of Tidal's offline mode, including how to enable it, make the most of its functionalities, and address common questions you might have. So, let's dive in!
Part 1. Does Tidal Have Offline Mode?
Yes. Tidal's offline mode allows Tidal members to download and store music tracks, albums, playlists, and videos on the devices. With the Offline Mode on Tidal, you can enjoy your favorite content without worrying about the internet connection.
To take advantage of this feature, for starters you need an active subscription to Tidal for Tidal HiFi ($10.99/month) plan. Then you will need the Tidal mobile app for either iOS or Android. After that, you can download your favorite tracks to your devices, and play them instead of online streaming via a network connection using Offline Mode.
Can I enable Offline Mode on Tidal desktop app?
Unfortunately, Tidal's offline mode is only available within the mobile app for either iOS or Android devices. Tidal desktop app doesn't provide the downloading feature and the Offline Mode. If you really desire for the Offline Mode on PC or Mac, head over to Part 4 to find the best way to enable it for computer users.
Part 2. How to Enable Tidal Offline Mode on Mobile
Both Tidal HiFi and HiFi Plus plans offer offline Mode. Tidal HiFi offers lossless, CD-quality audio, while Tidal HiFi Plus offers master quality. Before downloading the desired content, you should adjust the download quality to the one you like.
Step 1Adjust Download Quality
- On your iOS or Android device, open the Tidal app.
- Go to the home page of the Tidal app, and tap on the Gear icon located at the top left of the screen.
- Tap Quality.
- Tap Download.
- Based on your subscription plan, you should access various options for download audio. For HiFi, you get Normal, High, and HiFi. For HiFi Plus, you get all the options for HiFi, plus Master.
- Select the desired audio quality.
Step 2Download Tidal Music
- To download tracks, playlists, or albums, head over to My Collection located on the bottom right of your screen.
- Go to the content types saved in My Collection that you want to download, such as Playlists, Albums, or Tracks.
- To download Playlists or Albums, select the desired item and tap on the Download button. To download Tracks, toggle the switch next to Download.
- Wait until the items are downloaded to your device.
Step 3Enable Offline Mode
- To find the downloaded items, head over to My Collection > Downloaded.
- Now you can enable the Offline Mode on Tidal. Return to Home located on the bottom left of your screen > Settings > Offline Mode, and toggle on the "Offline Mode".
- When Tidal's offline mode is enabled, only the Downloaded section is highlighted and downloaded items can be played. When you play your Tidal downloads in Offline Mode, you don't need to use either Wi-Fi or cellular data.
Part 3. How to Disable Tidal Offline Mode on Mobile
To disable the Offline Mode on Tidal, follow these steps:
- On your iOS or Android device, open the Tidal app.
- This time only the Downloaded section is accessible on the mobile app. If you are in the Downloaded section, tap on the > icon located on the top left of your screen to back to My Collections.
- Any items you haven't downloaded to your device cannot be accessed in My Collections. Try to access any online content that's greyed out in My Collections, and you'll be prompted to go online instead of offline listening.
- Tap Go online. You'll be redirected to the home page of the mobile app for your access to online content!
Part 4. Best Alternatives to Enable Tidal Offline Mode on Desktop
If you are free users or want to enable Offline Mode on your computer devices, you can save files directly to your devices even without the official support for Tidal downloads. All you need is a Tidal music downloader called ViWizard Tidal Music Converter, which helps download your favorite music as transferrable audio files. While mobile users cannot transfer the encrypted files to other devices, computer users can play decrypted files anywhere, anytime.
Best Solution to Enable Tidal Offline Mode Forever: ViWizard Tidal Music Converter
Whether you have Tidal subscription or not, ViWizard Tidal Music Converter emerges as the best solution to ensure both PC and Mac users the offline more forever. It supports downloading tracks, playlists, albums, artists and more into commonly-used audio formats, including MP3, M4A, M4B, WAV, AIFF, and FLAC. The listening experience should not worry you as ViWizard preserves lossless audio and the metadata. Once you got the Tidal downloads, you can play them on any default music player, such as Windows Media Player (Windows) or Music app (Mac).
Download music from Tidal to MP3, FLAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, or AIFF. Works for all users. Listen offline anytime.
Step 1Add Tidal music
Download the correct version of both Tidal desktop app and ViWizard Tidal Music Converter. Launch the ViWizard Tidal Music Converter, and the Tidal app will appear on the screen. After that, navigate to the desired content and drag and drop them to the converter app.
Step 2Adjust output format
After that, click on the menu icon located at the top right of the converter app, and select Preferences from the context menu. Go to the Convert tab, from there adjust the format to a desired one, such as MP3. Once set, remember to click on the OK button.
Step 3Download Tidal music
Back to the main interface of the ViWizard Tidal Music Converter, and click on the Convert button. The conversion will start and finish at a super faster speed for Tidal downloads.
Part 5. Fix Tidal Offline Mode Not Working
Some users reflect that Tidal does not allow them to play the downloaded music. So, what is the reason for caused Tidal offline mode error when playing? We will talk about it in the following and provide you with how to fix it.
Internet Connection
It may sound ridiculous, but a weak Internet or cellular signal will also influence you to use Tidal offline mode; it works the same as Amazon Music offline mode. It is necessary to log in to Tidal with a powerful Internet connection or data to confirm and activate your Tidal subscription.
So, if you are offline or connected to a weak internet, try to open the data to enter the Tidal UI successfully.
Offline Mode Option
You need to toggle on the offline mode option in Tidal settings by yourself. Tidal will automatically stream online if you are under an Internet or data connection. And Tidal always automatically updates the download; you need to make sure you toggle on the offline mode when you use data to stream your downloads.
So, to avoid Tidal from eating up your data, toggle on Tidal's offline mode and turn on Airplane mode on your device.
Music License.
If the song is gray in your downloaded collection, that means this song has been removed from the Tidal library. And you can access it again until it is uploaded again.
So, if you encounter the gray song in Tidal, you can consider switching to another music service to listen to it, or you can download the songs from another service and upload them to your Tidal local library.
Read More: How to Upload Music to TIDAL [Full Guide]
Heavy Cache
After checking the Internet, offline mode, and music license, Tidal's offline mode still does not work. You need to consider whether the cache accumulated in Tidal causes playing issues. Whatever, cleaning up the cache will also keep Tidal working better. Watch the video below to know how to clean the Tidal cache on Windows and Android.
You can find more ways to clean up the Tidal cache on multiple devices in this post.
Read More: Quick Guide to Clear Tidal Cache on Multiple Devices
Over Number of Downloads
Although there are no numerical limits on Tidal music downloads, we found that the more downloads in your library, the more likely to fail to play Tidal offline. So, control the number of your downloads to get a smooth Tidal offline playback. We recommend no more than 300 titles.
Tidal Bugs
There are always bugs in streaming on Tidal. The bugs also cause Tidal's offline mode to work incorrectly. There are some effective ways to fix the Tidal offline mode not working.
- Delete and restore the downloads in your library
Open the Tidal app > Navigate to downloads > Click three dots next to the songs >Choose the Delete option to remove from your library > Locate the music you deleted and restore it.
Wait for minutes to completely download. And you will find the downloads in your offline library work fine again!
- Restart, Uninstall and reinstall the new version of Tidal
Restart your Tidal on your device. If Tidal still does not play your downloads, uninstall Tidal and install it again from the Tidal official, Google Play, or App Store. Install Tidal's newest version.
Log in with your Tidal credentials again, and you will find that Tidal offline mode works successfully.
- Contact with Tidal support
If the fixes we mentioned before do not work for you, your Tidal offline mode continues to have problems, try to contact with Tidal support to get their assistance.
https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us
Part 6. FAQs about Tidal Offline Mode
Q1.What Is offline mode on Tidal?
A1.Similar to Spotify's offline mode, Tidal's allows subscribers to download music from Tidal to supported devices for offline listening.
Q2.What devices supports Tidal's offline mode?
A2.The offline mode is not available on computers device, while it works on all smartphones or tablets supported by Tidal, such as Android, iOS, and iPadOS devices.
Q3.How do I access offline mode on Tidal?
A3.To access Tidals offline mode, you need to be a Tidal subscriber. Once you're subscribed, you can download tracks, playlists, or albums to your device for offline listening by toggling the "Download" option within the Tidal app.
Q4.Can I use Tidal's offline mode on multiple devices?
A4.Yes, you can use offline mode on multiple devices as long as they're supported by this feature. But you need to download the content separately on each device. The downloaded content is stored locally on the specific device, and it cannot be shared or transferred between devices.
Q5.Can I enable Tidal's offline mode forever?
A5.When the downloaded contents are kept on your device by using offline mode, once your Tidal subscription is expired, you will lose your access to them. If you want to play downloaded content offline forever, you can use ViWizard Tidal Music Converter to download the actual music files directly to your device instead.
Q6.Can I DJ with Tidal offline mode?
A6.If you download the Tidal music to your local, my answer is yes, you can upload the downloaded music from Tidal to your DJ software. Of course, it is also good news that some software, like Virtual DJ, has supported users to DJ in Tidal offline mode.
Q7.Are there any limitations on Tidal's offline mode?
A7.Yes, Tidal has no single-track downloads; you can only download the album or playlist for offline playback. Despite it, the offline mode playing on devices also has limits. Up to 5 different smartphones or tablets at the same time can you download Tidal for offline use.
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Adam Gorden, the digital media specialist at ViWizard, is dedicated to providing the best solutions for digital media management, including audio and video conversion, file optimization, and media workflow enhancements.
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