The airline adds the streaming-music service to its seatback entertainment menu, at first with a set menu of cached content. I tried it out on a recent flight.

In brief: United Airlines has teamed up with Spotify to make in-flight travel more entertaining. From today, passengers on United flights will have access to more than 450 hours of curated playlists, including audiobooks and video podcasts, via seatback screens.

United Airlines is bringing the most popular audio streaming service to its planes. On Thursday, United Airlines and Spotify announced a partnership to bring the streaming service to the seatback experience on the planes.