How to Download Tidal on Android for Offline Playback

What Is Tidal App on Android?

The Tidal app for Android is a music streaming service application that provides audiophiles with a vast library of high-quality and premium songs and albums. It's known for its high-quality audio streaming, including HiFi and Max quality options, which offer better sound quality compared to competitors. With a free tier, you can stream Tidal songs and playlists online on Android. With a subscription, you can gain access to its full music catalog and notable features, such as offline listening on Android.

Key Features of Tidal App on Android

• Explore over 110 million songs and 650K videos.
• Find exclusive ad-free music in the large catalog.
• Enjoy unlimited skips and get on-demand and offline playback.
• Listen to or play your favorite Tidal music with others in real-time.
• Stream Tidal music to other speakers or supported devices via Tidal Connect.
• Track and share your listening habits with others.

Explore Different Tidal Music Quality on Android

	Tidal HiFi	Tidal Max
Quality	High (Up to 16-bit, 44.1 kHz)	Max (Up to 24-bit, 192 kHz)
Format	FLAC	HiRes FLAC, FLAC

See also: How to Download Tidal HiRes FLAC Music

Way 1. How to Download Tidal Music on Android Phone with Plans

One of the highlight features of the Tidal for Android app is offline listening. It's well-known that Tidal doesn't have the 'Offline Mode' on the computer, but the Tidal app for mobile does. It gives premium users the ability to download Tidal music to Android phones and listen to Tidal offline without a network connection via the Offline Mode. Can't wait to listen to Tidal offline on Android? Please follow the steps below to do that with ease.

1.1 How to Install Tidal App for Android

Step 1. Please launch the Google Play Store app on your Android phone.

Step 2. In the 'Search' bar, please type 'Tidal' and confirm it to find the Tidal app.

Step 3. Tap the 'Install' button to install the Tidal APK on your device.

1.2 How to Download Tidal Music to Android Phone

Step 1. Open the Tidal app on your phone and then log in to your premium account.

See also: How to Get Tidal Free Trial 6 Months

Step 2. Find an album that you'd like to download by searching or browsing. For downloading playlists, please tap the 'My Collection' button to choose 'Playlists' or 'Albums'. Then you can navigate to the playlist or album that you'd like to download.

Step 3. You will see a 'Download' button. Please swipe it to the right to download Tidal music. All Tidal downloads will be saved to your Android phone.

🔵 Note: To download individual Tidal tracks on Android, you can choose the 'Tracks' option under the 'My Collection' section. And then turn on the 'Download' button at the top of the songs queue.

1.3 How to Play Tidal Offline on Android Phone

Step 1. To locate the Tidal Android download location, you can go to the 'My Collection' page to find the 'Downloaded' option.

Step 2. Please click it and then you can find all downloaded Tidal songs. Select the tracks that you'd like to listen to offline. They will start to play automatically.

🔵 Note: Tidal launched a new 'casting' feature, Tidal Connect. It offers a new way to play TIDAL streams on selected audio devices via its mobile app. You can use the Tidal app for Android to stream and control music to Tidal Connect-enabled devices.

See also: How to Listen to Tidal on iPhone

Way 2. How to Download Tidal Music for Android Phone for Free

The above way to download music from Tidal on Android is using Tidal's official app with plans. What if you are using a free Tidal account and not using the Tidal Android app? Besides, Tidal offline files are encrypted, which can't be recognized by other Android players that don't support Tidal. How can you get the unencrypted audio files?

In this part, we will introduce the best way to download Tidal music as local common files, with a Tidal free account and the Tidal web player. In this case, you can also listen to Tidal offline across any other Android player. What you need to do is use AudFree Tidal Music Converter. It can work with a Tidal free account and download Tidal music to compatible audio files supported by most devices.

It's worth mentioning that it is available for Mac and Windows operating systems. You need to download tracks from Tidal to a computer and then sync them to your Android device for offline free listening.

2.1 How to Download Tidal Music for Android via AudFree Tidal Downloader

The following is the complete tutorial on how this Tidal music converter works. You can follow it to download music from Tidal for Android phones.

Step 1Add Tidal Songs to AudFree Tidal Music Converter

AudFree Tidal Music Converter offers an easy way to add Tidal songs that you'd like to play on Android. When you open this tool, please log into your Tidal account by clicking 'Log in'. If you use a free Tidal account, the converter will download the first 30s of each song, which is the same amount of time you can hear it on Tidal. You can directly find the target songs or playlists and simply click '+🎵' to add the song to the conversion list.

You also can copy and paste the Tidal track link to the link bar of AudFree Tidable. Press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard and the last step is to tap the '+🎵' button to add them quickly.

Step 2Set Tidal Music Output Setting for Android Phones

Please open the settings window by clicking the 'Menu' > 'Preferences' > 'Conversion' button. In the window, you can customize the output format and other audio parameters according to the players installed on your Android.

Step 3Download and Convert Audio from Tidal for Android

Simply press the 'Convert' button at the 'Converting' interface. The download process will be launched. This Tidal downloader will work at up to 37X faster speed to download Tidal songs to your computer. The original audio quality, including ID3 tags can be kept in downloaded Tidal files. You can click the 'Converted' > 'Open Folder' icon to locate Tidal songs.

2.2 How to Transfer Tidal Downloads to Android Phone

To play Tidal downloads on Android phones and tablets, you need to transfer them from your computer to your device. You can follow these steps:

Step 1: Connect Your Android Device: Connect your Android device to your computer via USB cable or WiFi. Make sure your device is set to File Transfer (MTP) mode and the screen lock is unlocked.

Step 2: Open Your Computer's File Explorer: For Windows users, open File Explorer. For Mac users, you need to open Finder.

Step 3: Locate Your Android Device: In File Explorer or Finder, you should see your Android device listed under "This PC" or "Devices" in Windows or "Devices" in macOS. Click on it to open the device's storage.

Step 4: Transfer Tidal Music to Android Devices: Open another File Explorer or Finder window and locate the Tidal music files on your computer that you want to sync. Select them and right-click to choose the "Copy" button. Go to your Android device's storage, and choose the "Paste" button in the folder to transfer Tidal files to your Android device.

Now, you can safely eject your Android device from your computer. Open your preferred music player app on your Android device to play Tidal music offline.

Way 3. How to Download Tidal Songs via Free Tidal Downloader Android

Downloading Tidal songs via Tidal-dl is a method some users employ to download Tidal music on Android. There are very few Tidal downloaders for Android, especially free downloaders. We found Tidal-dl from GitHub. This tool may be a little bit difficult to use. Let's take a look below.

Step 1: Go to the official GitHub page for Tidal-dl. Download the Android version and follow the installation instructions provided on the GitHub page.

Step 2: Launch Tidal-dl by typing the following in your terminal or command prompt:

• tidal-dl

Step 3: Enter different numbers to use the corresponding function.

Step 4: Open the Tidal app or web player, find the song, album, or playlist you want to download, and copy its shareable link.

Step 5: In Tidal-dl, paste '/ [the link you copied]', then press Enter.

Step 6: Tidal-dl will fetch the music and start downloading it to a local folder.

See also: How to Download Tidal Music via Tidal-dl & Tidal-gui

FAQs about Tidal on Android

Q1: Is Tidal Compatible with Android?

A: The answer will vary depending on the version of your Android phone. Tidal is compatible with Android devices running Android 5 and higher.

Q2: Where Does Tidal Store Offline Music Android?

A: You can go to the 'File Manager' app and scroll down to find the folder named 'Music' or 'Tidal' to locate Tidal cache files.

Q3: How to Fix Tidal Not Working on Android?

A: Many reasons can lead to Tidal not working on Android. But you can find related solutions on this page: How to Fix Tidal Not Working.

Q4: How Do I Download Tidal Songs to My Android Phone?

A: If you use the Tidal Android app, you can see the guide for Way 1. If you want to use a Tidal downloader, you can see Way 2 and Way 3.

Q5: Can I Download Tidal Music on Android Freely?

A: With a Tidal free account, you can download part of the songs via AudFree Tidal Music Converter. If you want a free Tidal downloader, you can use Tidal-dl.

In Conclusion

It is easy to download music from Tidal on Android phones. From the above easy tutorial, you can get three ways to do that. You can choose the first way according to your Tidal subscription. However, the second and third methods can help you export Tidal playlists for free listening outside the Tidal Android app. With the help of AudFree Tidal Music Converter, you can set Tidal audio as 7 popular formats (Lossless/FLAC/AIFF/MP3/WAV/M4B/M4A). And it is easier to use than Tidal-dl.