No iPhone required: Tidal releases Apple Watch app, enables offline streaming
How to link your Tidal account to your Apple Watch
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Yet another music streaming app has come to yourApple Watch:Tidalreleased its newwatchOSapp today, which you can download right now. It provides a high-quality alternative for audiophiles looking to step away fromSpotifyorApple Music.
Unlike some Apple Watch apps that require an iPhone and active internet, Tidal lets you download playlists for offline streaming and listen through your watch without an iPhone.
For people who prefer working out without an iPhone in their pocket, this is part of a larger, welcome trend. Spotifyaddedoffline playback to its Watch app last week, joining Apple Music, Pandora andDeezer.
Tidal is one of the rare streaming services to offer Hi-Res, lossless audio. Unfortunately,The Vergereports that audio is ‘limited to 96Kbps on the wearable’, meaning paying extra for Hi-Res won’t matter when streaming through the watch.
That may be a reason to keep your iPhone with you: it allows you to stream or download higher-quality audio from Tidal, while still using your Apple Watch to control your playlist as you work out.
Tidal also told the site that you must have anApple Watch Series 3or later running watchOS 7.1 or later in order to use the Tidal app.
How to use Tidal on your Apple Watch
To use the Tidal music app, you must have a Tidal subscription, which costs $9.99 / £9.99 / AU$11.99 per month – or $19.99 / £19.99 / AU$23.99 for Hi-Res Audio.
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To start streaming, download the Tidal app on your Apple Watch, go tolink.tidal.com, log into your account, and input the code from your watch screen. You’ll have immediate access to your playlists and can begin streaming or downloading your favorite albums and songs at your convenience.
(ViaEngadget)
Michael Hicks began his freelance writing career with TechRadar in 2016, covering emerging tech like VR and self-driving cars. Nowadays, he works as a staff editor for Android Central, but still writes occasional TR reviews, how-tos and explainers on phones, tablets, smart home devices, and other tech.
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