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Spotify Refutes Claims That Premium Subscription Tier Will Include Ads


Spotify Premium doesn’t embrace ads, and the corporate is not engaged on introducing adverts for paying subscribers. The affirmation comes straight from the music streaming platform, weeks after it fastened a bug that prompted adverts to be performed for some Spotify Premium subscribers. Later this 12 months, Spotify is anticipated to launch a ‘Music Pro’ Hi-Fi subscription tier that might provide entry to increased high quality audio streams and different options. The service presently presents an ad-supported free plan, in addition to a paid Spotify Premium tier.

Spotify Premium to Remain Ad-Free for Paying Subscribers

After claims that Spotify Premium would come with ads started to unfold on X (previously Twitter), the service responded to at least one such publish (now deleted), stating that the hearsay was false and that “Spotify Premium music streaming is ad-free”. It additionally responded to different customers on the microblogging platform with related issues.

“There is a rumor circulating that Spotify is placing adverts into premium music listening. This rumor is fake. Premium music listening is and can stay ad-free,” the platform introduced in one other post.

While the origins of the hearsay associated to adverts on Spotify Premium are unknown, the music streaming service resolved a bug affecting some Spotify Premium subscribers in February. At the time, prospects who have been subscribed to a Spotify Premium plan complained that adverts have been enjoying whereas streaming music on the service.

Spotify Premium subscribers don’t hear adverts whereas listening to music on the platform, however adverts inside podcasts (as a part of the present’s common programming) should not eliminated, even when a subscriber has paid for a Premium subscription.

The service’s Hi-Fi or ‘Music Pro’ tier, which is anticipated to launch later this 12 months, is anticipated to supply assist for top of the range music streaming. This tier is claimed to be an add-on to the default subscription plan, and will price an extra $6 (roughly Rs. 500) monthly, over the $11.99 (roughly Rs. 1,000) month-to-month payment.

In India, Spotify Premium is priced at Rs. 119 for an routinely renewing month-to-month subscription. Users can even go for a duo (two accounts) and household (six accounts) plans that price Rs. 149 and Rs. 179 monthly, respectively. There’s no phrase on how a lot the purported ‘Music Pro’ subscription tier would price in India, however we will count on to listen to extra particulars within the coming months.



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