For a few years, Spotify held sturdy at its month-to-month subscription of $9.99, however that changed last July when Premium jumped as much as $10.99. Now it seems that the main subscription music service is planning one other value hike — and never ready practically as lengthy this time. Bloomberg reports that the fee will go up by between $1 and $2 within the UK, Australia, Pakistan, and two different markets by the tip of April, with a rise deliberate for US clients “later this 12 months.”
For anybody pleased to get their audiobook repair elsewhere, Spotify will introduce a brand new “fundamental” plan on the present $10.99 Premium charge that doesn’t embody them whereas nonetheless bundling music and podcasts. Hopefully, that doesn’t imply you’ll need to accept fundamental audio high quality, nevertheless.
Talking of which, the corporate nonetheless reportedly plans to roll out its long-rumored “Supremium” plan that may embody lossless streaming and different options; in latest weeks, some Spotify users have noticed a Dolby Atmos logo on the app’s Now Taking part in display screen. That’s a powerful indication that spatial audio may very well be on the way in which as a part of Supremium’s set of bonus options.
Spotify hasn’t but formally introduced the pending value improve.