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 passengers will be able to listen to music as well as dozens of audiobooks and video podcasts — the first time Spotify has offered these products on an airline.