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 has partnered with Spotify to offer passengers in-flight access to podcasts, audiobooks, and music playlists on 680 aircraft for free, with new features allowing the use of personal devices and Starlink Wi-Fi expected by 2025.