Spotify on Wednesday announced changes to the built-in song lyrics feature, which include making lyrics translations available globally, offering the ability to view lyrics when offline, and moving the app feature.

The changes follow other tweaks the streamer has made to lyrics over the years, hoping to use the feature as a tool to push free users to become subscribers. That started with the Spotify test on paywall lyrics in 2024, then loosening his grip later in the year after many complaints.

Now, the company is hoping that the new offline lyrics feature – which will only be offered to Premium subscribers – will encourage users to upgrade.

In the new experience, the lyrics will also be moved so that they appear directly under the album artwork or the short, looping video that plays along with the music. Spotify said it chose to move lyrics to this more prominent position after user tests suggested it increased engagement with the feature. (It’s still possible to share favorite lyric snippets on social media from Now Playing View, the company says.)

This feature, which Spotify calls lyric previews, will be released worldwide to free and paid customers on the iOS and Android apps for smartphones and tablets.

In addition, lyrics translations, first introduced in 2022, will be available worldwide. That’s an expansion from the 25 markets supported last year. When translations are available, you can tap the translation icon on the lyrics card to see the translation appear below the original lyrics. The translation will default to whatever language is on your device, Spotify says.

In past years, Spotify has been slow to launch lyrics on its app, largely due to licensing issues. After years of consumer demand for the feature, the company finally launched real-time lyrics to global users in 2021 after a smaller launches in two dozen markets last year, and tests started back in 2019. Before this, Spotify had Associate partner with Genius for a “behind the lyrics” feature, combining partial lyrics with song trivia.