

I went to the watch app and noted that the "Downloading." message was still there. I logged out, uninstalled from my phone, rebooted both phone and watch, re-downloaded on phone (reinstall on the watch occured automatically), and then logged back into the app on phone.

In messing around, I was able to get it to work again. I'm assuming it's a bug in iOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, or the Spotify app. I don't recall manually initiating a download to my old watch after it was on 8.1. However, these downloads were initially done prior to watchOS 8.1. updating to Spotify app 8.6.78 (issue continues).īefore I got my new watch, my old watch (series 4) was updated to watchOS 8.1 and had downloaded songs in that section of the watch app. trying from a cellular data connection (on phone). trying from a different wifi connection. unpairing and repairing the watch (and choosing to set up watch as new, not restore from backup). logging out and uninstalling the app on the phone and then reinstalling the app and logging back in on the phone. logging out of and logging back into the app on the phone. uninstalling and reinstalling the app on the watch.

force quitting the app on both watch and phone. leaving watch and phone on chargers next to each other with the Spotify app open on both (and periodically waking watch up so that it registers as active). For reference, the old watch is removed from all my Apple accounts, erased, and sold. It’s not the same as the ongoing issue (songs get stuck at the first download) - the downloads section in the watch app just says "Loading." forever. I got a new watch, which is running the latest version of watchOS, and it will not start downloading songs to the Spotify app on the watch. IPhone 13 Pro Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS only, not cellular)
