$mi(cover)$ on spotify returns a web link (something like https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d…) instead of the earlier uri, which was offline. The problem is, that this introduces extra delays to fetch the artwork, and does not work offline.
For apple music, $mi(cover)$ returns a uri only (something like _kuri://bitmap/music/com.apple.android.music/…) which works offline.
Can we have the mi(cover) for spotify brought back to a local offline uri?
Though this looks like a web URL, this seems to work fine for my offline songs on Spotify. I can still see the album art even if my device is offline.
I updated to 3.76, now I can confirm that it still works offline. Could you also help me with a related issue for kwch? I have the background set to be the music cover - for spotify it is a url and for apple music it is a kuri://… something. For spotify, it only shows if the watch is connected to wifi (not even if watch is connected to phone and phone is connected to wifi) and for apple music it does not show at all.