How to Get Tidal on Garmin Watch for Offline Listening

 Which factor do you care about most when buying a smartwatch? Appearance? Battery? Function? Waterproof? Compatibility? For a music lover like me, the music streaming services that are available on the smartwatch is the thing that comes first for me, cause I always like to ditch my phone at home and go for a jog with music on my watch.

I got a Garmin Forerunner 645 as a gift recently, and I found that only 4 music streaming services are available on it, which as Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, and iHeartRadio. It is a shame that Tidal is not on the list, cause I have a Tidal HiFi subscription for a pretty long time. In order not to waste my Tidal subscription and make full use of it, I found a way to download Tidal to Garmin watch for offline listening. If you are interested in how, just keep on reading.

Part 1. How to Download Tidal to Local

I've read it on the Garmin website that their smartwatches can store audio that is in MP3, M4A, AAC, and WAV formats. Therefore, all we need to do is to download Tidal songs to these formats so that we can transfer them onto the Garmin watch. Luckily, there are already tools on the market that allow users to do that easily.

For many long-time Tidal users, they might know that Tidal does not offer offline downloads on a computer, unlike Spotify. To be honest with you, it is the only thing that I dislike about Tidal. And a Tidal Music Converter has fulfilled the urgent needs for us. It is a professional tool designed to download Tidal music without audio quality loss. It enables users to download and convert Tidal to MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, etc.

This AudFree Tidal Music Converter is also intelligent enough to detect and keep all metadata of the music so when you play them on Garmin watch, all the information will be displayed.

Part 2. How to Listen to Tidal on Garmin Watch

After you have downloaded the Mac or Windows version of this great tool, you'll need the Spotify desktop app and the Garmin Express app as well. When these two things are prepared, let's dive in to see how to get Tidal on Garmin Watch in simple steps.

Step 1. Load Tidal music to AudFree program

Launch  AudFree Tidal Music Converter, and the Tidal app will open automatically. Go to the Tidal app to find the track you want to listen on Garmin. Next, copy and paste the URL of the track to the search box on AudFree. Then hit on the '+' button to load Tidal music into AudFree.

Step 2. Define output settings for Tidal music

Mac users, please find and click the 'AudFree' icon on the menu bar of desktop, and Windows users need to hit the Menu icon at the top-right corner. After that, click to the 'Preferences' > 'Convert' option to open the settings window where you can select the output format that is compatible with Garmin watch. I suggest you choose MP3 to help save storage on your Garmin watch.

Step 3. Start to download Tidal music for Garmin

Now, simply click the 'Convert' button at the bottom-right corner. Then the program will convert the Tidal music to the target format you chose. When all the Tidal audio tracks are converted completely, a red spot with numbers will appear on the 'Converted' icon. You could tap it to locate the download music files stored on your computer.

Step 4. Transfer Tidal music to Garmin watch

In this step, you'll need to use the Garmin Express app to sync Tidal songs onto your Garmin watch. Connect your Garmin watch to the computer via a USB cable. Launch the Garmin Express app, choose 'Get Started' > 'Add a Device' > 'Music' option, and hit on the folder icon to find the Tidal music you like to upload to Garmin watch. Click 'Send to Device' to sync Tidal music to Garmin.

When the syncing is complete, you will be able to play Tidal on Garmin watch offline. It could store 500 songs approximately. Did you learn how to get Tidal on Garmin smartwatches? Easy, right! Have a try yourself now!