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Spotify is a popular music streaming service and can be accessed from Mac, PC, phone tablet and more with free or premium account. However, many people prefer to their ipod when they are doing sports, but feel disappointed to find that they can't sync Spotify songs to iPod nano even though they have downloaded the songs for offline listening. If you have the same problem, you are in the right place. This article will show you how to sync Spotify to iPod nano with either free or premium account.
Part 1 Spotify compatible divices
The following are the system requirements for using Spotify and accessing Spotify content through the Spotify app:
Model | OS | |
iPhone | iPhone 5 or above | iOS 10 or above. 250 MB free space |
iPad | iPad 2 or above | iOS 10 or above. 250 MB free space |
iPod | 5th generation iPod Touch or above | iOS 9.3.5 or above. 250 MB free space |
Android | Any device | Android OS 4.1 or above. 500 MB free space |
Mac | Any device | OS X 10.10 or above |
Windows | Any device | Windows 7 or above |
Can you listen to Spotify on an iPod Classic/Nano/Mini (NOT iPod Touch) Question I was wondering if there was any way to get Spotify either running on a click-wheel iPod or to download the Spotify tracks and sync them with iTunes. When I go to the App Store to download spotify on my daughters iPod touch it doesn't give me the option to download it. I have it on my iPad, iPhone and android phone no problem - does anyone know what I can do to sort this please?
As you can see from the above table, Spotify requires iPod Touch 5 and later, which means you can't install Spotify on iPod nano.
Easy Way to Download Spotify on iPod Nano. DumpMedia Spotify Music Converter, as the name suggests, helps you convert Spotify music into any format, including WAV, M4A, and MP3. It also allows you to remove the DRM protection of Spotify music. Of course, the main feature is that you can finally “download” Spotify on iPod Nano. There is no special Spotify app designed for iPod Nano and Spotify iOS app can't be installed on iPod Nano because iPod Nano doesn't come with iOS system. In fact, there is a Spotify app available for iPod Touch. But for the Spotify app to work, it requires the 6th generation of iPod Touch or above. Currently, Spotify doesn't offer its service to the iPod. Thus, you cannot use Spotify on the iPod. However, with the help of Spotify music converter, you can download music from Spotify to the iPod supported formats. Then, you can transfer Spotify music to iPod for playing.
Then you may ask is it possible to sync the download Spotify songs to iPod nano, as Spotify premium users can download songs for offline listening. Well, when you open the Offline songs Storage folder, you will find there are no actual music files that you can copy to other devices. This is bacause Spotify songs are DRM protected and can only be played within Spotify app.
So is there any way that we can sync Spotify songs to iPod nano? The answer is yes. All you need is Boilsoft Spotify Converter, which allows you to easily download Spotify music to mp3 format with either free or premium account. Follow below steps to learn how to download Spotify music to mp3 and then sync the Spotify songs to iPod nano.
Part 2 Sync Spotify mp3 songs to iPod nano
Step 1 Download and install Boilsoft Spotify Music Converter on your Mac or Windows. Clean version on spotify app.
Step 2 Drag and drop Spotify songs, albums and playlists from Spotify app to the interface directly. Or copy&paste the link of the song, album or playlist. And then click the Add button.
To copy a playlist link, right click the playlist corver or title and choose 'Share' - 'Copy Playlist Link'.
All songs in the playlist will be checked by default, you can uncheck the ones you don't want to download. Or add more playlists as you like.
Step 3 Boilsoft Spotify Music Converter supports MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC format. Click the Options button to change output format or output folder if you need. You can also change bitrate, samplerate according to your needs.
Step 4 Click the Convert button to start recording Spotify music to the format you choose.
After conversion, you can find all converted songs by clicking the History button.
Step 5 Sync converted Spotify music to iPod nano
Once you have converted Spotify music to mp3, you can now sync the DRM-free mp3 Spotify songs to your iPod nano via iTunes.
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There Is No Spotify App Designed for iPod Nano & Spotify Ogg Is Incompatible with iPod Nano
In the early time of Spotify, Spotify desktop app could be used to sync songs to iPod Nano, just launch Spotify and connect iPod Nano to computer with USB cable, then you can use Spotify to sync local MP3 songs to iPod Nano. However, such a feature had been removed when Spotify was changed to be a streaming music service.
When searching 'Spotify on iPod Nano' or similar phrases, you may find the guide 'How to Sync Spotify Music to Your iPod' from dummies.com, however, it is totally outdated. It is misleading users and make users confused when they couldn't figure out how to sync Spotify songs to iPod Nano. In fact, the way was no longer effective.
Ipod Nano Spotify Sync
Spotify user 'rafaellourenzo' tried the way mentioned in the guide in vain and then asked on Spotify Community: 'Can i sync my iPod Nano with Spotify?', and the marked solution to his question is as below: 'Hey there, unfortunately it is not possible to sync any songs from Spotify to the iPod Nano. Free spotify premium august 2017. The feature you are referring to is an old feature of the desktop app that allowed you to sync MP3s to the iPod, however this never allowed you to sync Spotify songs to the iPod. This feature was removed a while ago from the desktop app.'
There is no special Spotify app designed for iPod Nano and Spotify iOS app can't be installed on iPod Nano because iPod Nano doesn't come with iOS system. Also, it's known to all that Spotify Free users must have internet connect to stream, and offline listening is one of the privileges of Spotify Premium. However, any songs downloaded from Spotify Premium on Spotify supported devices are Ogg Vorbis files with multimedia encryption and can't be added to iTunes for transferring to iPod Nano. Normal audio converters can't convert Spotify's protected Ogg files neither.
iPod Nano can only play MP3, M4A or WAV songs, so if you want to play Spotify songs on iPod Nano, you need to convert Spotify songs to iPod Nano supported format first. That is why you never miss TuneMobie Spotify Music Converter.
Spotify Music Converter: Software Solution to Convert Spotify Songs to MP3/M4A for iPod Nano
Spotify Music Converter is the best software solution for iPod Nano/Shuffle users who are using Spotify Free or Spotify Premium. It can effortless convert Spotify songs, albums and playlists to iPod Nano supported audio formats like MP3, M4A or WAV, preserve all ID3 tags like song title, album, artist, genre, artwork, year, etc.
Spotify Music Converter works with both Spotify Free and Spotify Premium and you don't have to pay for Premium plan in order to get Spotify music as MP3/M4A. Spotify Music Converter is extremely easy-to-use, and available for both Windows and Mac, and it fully supports latest Windows 10 and macOS Catalina.
As long as you have a stable internet connection, you can download Spotify songs to computer and there won't be advertisement any more. One of the biggest advantage of Spotify Music Converter compared to audio recording software is that you can use Spotify Music Converter to download songs, albums or playlists in bulk, and you don't need to click and click again like using audio recording software.
Now download the free trial version of Spotify Music Converter to have a try. It can convert 3 minutes of each song.
Easy Guide to Play Spotify Songs on iPod Nano with Your Free or Premium Account
Step 1: Launch TuneMobie Spotify Music Converter
Launch Spotify Music Converter and Spotify program will be automatically launched as well. Please keep running Spotify and do not close it during downloading and converting. Click 'Add Files' button first and you will see the interface as below.
Step 2: Add Your Favorite Spotify Songs, Albums or Playlists
You can easily drag songs, albums or playlists directly from Spotify to Spotify Music Converter, Or you can browse your favorite song, album or playlist in Spotify, and right-click to get the link of the song, album or playlist, then paste the link in the blank area in the bottom of the program and click + or Add button.
Spotify Music Converter will analyze your input and pop up a dialog to ask you to choose what songs to download. By default, all the songs will be downloaded and you can uncheck the songs you don't want to download.
Step 3: Choose Output Music Format for iPod Nano
Spotify Music Converter supports MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC as output format and MP3, M4A or WAV can be played on iPod Nano. Choose one of them depending on your need. By default, Spotify Music Converter will use 320kbps and 44100hz MP3 as output format. Click Options to change output format in Advanced tab if necessary.
Step 4: Start Converting Spotify Music
Now, simply click Convert button to start converting Spotify music to specific music format. All ID3 tags like song title, album, artist, artwork, etc. in original Spotify songs will be preserved.
Download From Spotify To Ipod
After conversion, you can click History button and open the output folder to locate the output songs.
Step 5: Transfer Downloaded Spotify Songs to iPod Nano
Now, you can connect your iPod Nano to computer with USB cable. Launch iTunes and add the downloaded Spotify songs to iTunes library, create a playlist and add the Spotify songs to it, then sync to iPod Nano via iTunes.
If you don't want to install or use iTunes, there are many iPod transfer programs which can help to transfer local songs to iPod Nano directly instead of using iTunes. Generally speaking, such iPod transfer programs will be much more convenient than iTunes.
By using either way to sync Spotify Songs, you can tap on Music on iPod Nano's screen to play any song converted from Spotify
With Spotify Music Converter, you can not only enjoy Spotify songs on iPod Nano, but also enjoy on other iPod models like iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic and iPod Touch as well as other MP3 players.