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Spotify Pilots New Music Experience for Young Listeners on Family Plans

September 13, 2024

Spotify is committed to bringing the best listening experience to all our users, and that includes parents and families. That’s why we’ve introduced a pilot for a Premium music account for young listeners under the age of 13 (or local market equivalent). The managed account pilot will be available exclusively as part of our Premium Family plan in Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden.  

As young listeners embark on a journey of music exploration with a managed account, through this new pilot they will get to enjoy many of the features and functionality that Spotify users know and love, including personalization features that make music discovery on Spotify so exciting and unique. 

For parents and guardians, managed accounts enable them to better tailor the content that is available to young listeners via in-app controls—like managing the playback of Canvas, videos, and content labeled as explicit. They will now also be able to decide whether a young listener can play certain artists or tracks with Spotify’s new control feature. 

The managed account is also welcome news for parents and guardians who do not want their recommendations getting mixed up with the latest tween tunes—each account under the plan will have separate recommendations, and a young listener’s musical favorites won’t feed into the plan manager’s annual Wrapped results.

Parents or guardians with a Family plan in Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden can head to their account page in the app and select the option to “Add a listener aged under 13 [or local market equivalent],” then follow the instructions. 

For Premium Family plan subscribers who prefer an already curated, kid-friendly listening experience for younger listeners, the Spotify Kids app is also available in Denmark, New Zealand, Sweden, and 11 other markets. 

Both the managed account and Spotify Kids app offer an experience designed for listeners under the age of 13 (or local market equivalent), so it is important for parents or guardians to represent a young listener’s age accurately during account creation.

More Choice for U.S. Subscribers

June 21, 2024

On Spotify, users discover and enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks, with various plans that meet our listeners’ needs. We offer subscriptions for every stage of life and household, depending on how listeners like to stream. And we’re now offering even more options for eligible U.S. subscribers, who can choose one of the plans below. 

Premium Individual

  • Enjoy offline and ad-free music listening anytime, anywhere with unlimited skips. 
  • Your plan gives you 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month from our subscriber catalog of over 250,000 titles. $11.99/month.

Basic

  • Enjoy the music streaming benefits of your Premium plan without the monthly audiobook listening time. Starting at $10.99/month for eligible users. 

Premium Duo

Our plan for two people living together. 

  • Two people get all the benefits of Premium–offline and ad-free music listening–for less than two full-price Premium Individual accounts.
  • Duo plan managers have access to 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month from our subscriber catalog of over 250,000 titles. $16.99/month.

Premium Family

Our plan for up to 6 family members who live in the same household.

  • Each plan member gets the benefits of Premium, with separate accounts so recommendations are personalized to each user’s listening taste. 
  • Family plan managers have access to 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month from our subscriber catalog of over 250,000 titles. $19.99/month.

Audiobooks Access

  • Get 15 hours of audiobook listening time from our audiobooks subscriber catalog each month. Your music listening experience will be on our free, ad-supported service. $9.99/month.

 

See here for more information about plans, terms, and pricing.

Adjusting Spotify Premium Prices in the US

June 3, 2024

On Spotify, users discover and enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks. So that we can continue to invest in and innovate on our product features and bring users the best experience, we occasionally update our prices. Over the next month, subscribers in the U.S. will receive an email (pictured below) explaining what this update means for their subscription. For new subscribers in the U.S., the new prices are: 

Individual  Duo  Family   Student 
$11.99  $16.99 $19.99 $5.99

We offer several subscription plans around the world, including Premium Individual, Premium Student, Premium Duo, Premium Family, Premium Mini, Day and Week passes, Audiobooks Access, Basic, and the Free tier. To sign up for Premium, visit spotify.com/premium.  

Adjusting Our Spotify Premium Prices

July 24, 2023

*Have questions about your Spotify Account? Visit https://support.spotify.com/article/price-updates/ for information.

Since launching in 2008, Spotify has innovated and invested to build the best audio experience for you and your favorite artists and creators. We have continually revealed new opportunities for fans and creators to connect through the power of our platform, from discovery tools like our new AI DJ, to fan-favorite shared experiences like Blend and the introduction of podcasts and audiobook content. 

With 200+ million Premium subscribers, we’re also proud to be the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, giving Premium users access to on-demand and ad-free music listening, offline music downloads, and quality music streaming. The market landscape has continued to evolve since we launched. So that we can keep innovating, we are changing our Premium prices across a number of markets* around the world. These updates will help us continue to deliver value to fans and artists on our platform.

Starting from today, existing subscribers in these markets will receive an email explaining what this means for their account. In the US, the new prices are:

Premium Individual  Premium Duo Premium Family  Premium Student 
$10.99  $14.99 $16.99 $5.99

For more info, head to Spotify.com and our FAQ page to find more details on these changes, when they will go into effect, and how to check your account information. 

*Andorra, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Croatia, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Thailand, Türkiye, United States, Kosovo.

*Update as of August 1, 2023: We have also changed Premium prices in the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Czechia, Hungary, Malaysia, Romania, Saudi Arabia.

*Update as of October 2, 2023: We have also changed Premium prices in Germany, Philippines and South Africa.

*Update as of January 8, 2024: We have also changed Premium prices in Poland and Liechtenstein.

*Update as of February 1, 2024: We have also changed Premium prices in Argentina, Estonia, Panama and Türkiye.

Spotify Premium User? You Can Get a Free Google Home Mini—Whether You Signed Up Last Year or Just Now

October 22, 2019

We’re bringing back our Google Home Mini offer—and making it available to even more users. 

Let’s repeat that and take it in: eligible Premium Individual and Premium Family master account users in the U.S—both new and existing—can get a Google Home Mini while supplies last. Starting today, October 22. For free.

Last year we unveiled this offer for Spotify Premium for Family users, introducing households to a new, exciting way to enjoy music at home. Now we’re offering it for our users with individual plans. Streaming your favorite tunes and music playlists has never been so easy—or hands-off. 

Spotify Premium users truly get the best Spotify has to offer, with an ad-free music listening experience that allows you to play any song or playlist; enjoy unlimited skips; download content to your heart’s content; and easily toggle between your devices—including your car and your Google Home Mini. 

So get grooving by setting Spotify as the default music player on your device. You can just say something like “Hey Google, play Disco Forever playlist” or “Hey Google, play Party in your Living Room playlist on Spotify.”

And it gets better – we’re also looking forward to rolling out new features with Google that make it even easier to discover and listen to Spotify via Google Home Mini and other Assistant powered devices. 

With the Spotify Premium Family plan, up to six family members in the same household can enjoy individual Premium accounts with that same on-demand access to hours of content. Plus, we recently introduced some upgrades to the Family Plan, including Parental Controls, Family Mix, and Family Hub. 

Through our streaming capabilities and unique partnerships, Spotify Premium offers an unparalleled experience: an entire world of entertainment at an unbeatable price. Our renewed offer with Google Home Mini is another way we’re giving users access to music, anytime, anywhere, now with a better experience in the home through the magic of voice. 

Ready to go “Home?” New and current Spotify Premium Family and Individual account owners can claim a Google Home Mini by signing up at https://www.spotify.com/us/family/ or https://www.spotify.com/us/premium/ while supplies last.