Amazon has since expanded that library to 100 million songs, though music playback is now restricted to shuffle mode only, a change that many users saw as a regression. Until last year, Amazon Music Prime used to provide on-demand access to a catalog of 2 million songs. There’s a free tier that’s quite similar to Spotify Free, and there’s also an ad-free tier included with an Amazon Prime subscription. It will be interesting to see if Spotify will follow suit in the coming months.Īmazon Music may not get the same level of attention as other music streaming services, but it’s actually quite competitive. The Apple Music Family plan also got a $2 price increase to $16.99. If you dont have a membership, you can sign up for 119 annually. Just like Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited is betting on spatial audio to attract subscribers, with some songs in the catalog being available in Dolby Atmos or Sony’s 360 Reality Audio technology.Īmazon Music Unlimited now costs the same as Apple Music, as Apple also raised the price of its individual plan from $9.99/month to $10.99/month last fall. Amazon Family costs nothing to join, but you need an Amazon Prime membership to qualify. Back in May 2022, Amazon had already raised the price of its Amazon Music Unlimited subscription for Prime subscribers from $7.99 to $8.99 per month, or from $79 to $89 for the annual plan.Īmazon Music Unlimited currently provides ad-free and on-demand access to a catalog of 100 million songs and podcasts. As of this writing, Amazon didn’t give an explanation for the upcoming price hike. The monthly price for subscribers to the student plan in both countries will also go up by a dollar to $5.99 and £5.99, respectively. According to the updated customer service pages spotted by Billboard, the price of the monthly subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited will go up from $9.99 to $10.99 in the US, and from £9.99 to £10.99 in the UK. Amazon is raising the price of its Amazon Music Unlimited subscription in the US and the UK next month.
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