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Image credit: Sgcdesignco<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streaming giant Spotify has announced that it is testing a new tier called Spotify Plus, a cheaper alternative mixes elements of Premium and free.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Spotify<\/a> is currently testing a cheaper, ad-supported subscription tier that allows users unlimited streams of whichever tracks they wish, as many times as they wish, but with intermittent ads. So imagine if Spotify free<\/a> and Premium<\/a> merged, this is what Spotify Plus offers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the plan is only being tested in the US and costs just $0.99 per month.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spotify<\/a>\u2019s current free tier poses a limit on the number of songs users are able to skip per hour, and restricts the listener to shuffling tracks within tailored albums and playlists. However, Spotify<\/a> Premium, priced at $9.99 (\u00a39.99) per month offers users unlimited access to a library of 70 million tracks, ad-free.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The addition of this tier is almost certainly going to pull new users in and it\u2019s a great way to make their platform more accessible to lower-income users. However, it is currently a pilot scheme and is yet to be rolled out globally.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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