Spotify Officially Launched in India; Premium Pricing plans and much more

The much-awaited launch of the Spotify music streaming service in India has finally happened. We tried to cover all about Spotify's Premium plans and pricing for India, Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming service, is currently accessible across a gamut of devices that you just might own or would really like to access Spotify on. because it is globally, Spotify is on the market in India with associate degree ad-supported free subscription tier, also as premium tiers. For India, Spotify is present that specialize in English and Hindi music, similarly as Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.

Spotify Interface for IOS

If you want to sign up for one among the premium subscription packs, you can choose to start with the 30-day free trial post which you may have to pay Rs 119 per month for full access to all or any the music and the premium features within the app. there is also an option of doing a pre-paid sign-up to Premium for specific durations. If you want to access Spotify Premium for one day, it'll value you Rs 13. A week-long premium subscription is priced at Rs 39, a monthly subscription is priced at Rs 129, its Rs 389 for 3 months, Rs 719 for 6 months and Rs 1189 for a year. interesting to note that you simply will only sign up for the free trial if you choose|you decide on} to pay along with your Mastercard or Visa credit or debit card however can select the other duration prepaid options if you want to make the payment for the Spotify Premium via Paytm or UPI modes.

offers and price for Spotify India

You may want to subscribe to Spotify Premium if you want to get access to some premium-only features like very high-quality music streaming and downloads for offline listening (these are 320Kbps files), no advert interruptions and therefore the ability to download music for offline play. However, the free subscription choice still offers access to the complete library of music on Spotify India and remains ad-supported.

Spotify will be using artificial intelligence algorithms to curate ‘city playlists’, based on what folks in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Chennai are listening to. Spotify also will offer multi-music recommendations based on your unique listening preferences.

At this point, Spotify will be available as apps for your smartphone and tablet (free download for Android and free download for iOS), Windows 10 PCs, macOS computing devices, Android TV, Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and also available via the web browser. Spotify is additionally compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android auto in-car infotainment platforms.

“Indians love music. It’s an inherent part of our lifestyle and culture, whether or not we tend to pray, work, or relax. The mobile internet revolution has led to a rapid rise in the range (wide number) of connected Indians, creating a music streaming the popular way to enjoy the music here,”

says Amarjit Singh Batra, managing director, Spotify India.

The latest numbers shared by Spotify make sure that it's 207 million active users globally, of which 96 million pay for Spotify Premium. In India, Spotify will have to be compelled to deal with competition from the GAANA and JioSaavn each of that conjointly offer a free ad-supported subscription option, similarly, if we talk about International competition there are apps like Apple Music (Rs 129 per month), Amazon Music (bundled with the Rs 999 per annum Prime subscription) and Google Play Music (Rs 89 per month). interesting to also note that the latter two also have their smart speaker ecosystem in India, known as the Amazon Echo and Google Home.

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