Following the release of the new Apple Watch, Apple also released the latest version of the operating system for these products. watchOS 9 has made its way to Apple Watch Series 4 and later, but it has issues.
If you are a Spotify user on this product, it seems inadvisable to install watchOS 9. At least for now. This is because this update will cause Spotify streaming on Apple Watch to stop working.
Spotify streaming stops working with watchOS 9
In recent days, Spotify has been sending out emails to users about this issue. “Apple watchOS 9 brought a bug that causes Spotify streaming on Apple Watch to stop working,” it reads.
“We urge Spotify users on Apple Watch not to install the watchOS 9 update until Apple has implemented a fix for the issue. Already affected users can download their content to Apple Watch and listen offline or stream from their phones.
This problem was immediately identified by many users on social networks. It is mentioned that as soon as you try to stream Spotify from an Apple Watch running watchOS 9, it stops working within a minute.
This is an issue that will affect Wi-Fi version users, but also Cellular version users. So, if you are a Spotify user and you haven’t updated to this version yet, it’s good to wait a bit until the problem is fixed.