A year after Spotify first increased the price of Spotify Premium in the US, it’s happening again. Next month, Spotify subscribers in the US will start receiving an email detailing price increases for Premium, Duo, and Family plans. Spotify Premium will now cost $11.99 per month, up from the $10.99 increase announced last year.
If you’re a Spotify Duo subscriber, it jumps $2 per month, from $14.99 to $16.99 per month. Family will also increase from $16.99 per month to $19.99 per month. This means that the price of a Spotify Duo subscription has jumped by 30 percent in a year, compared to prices before last year’s spike. Spotify Family also increased 25 percent over the year, with Spotify Premium up 20 percent.
“So that we can continue to invest and innovate in our product features and provide the best user experience, we update our pricing from time to time,” Spotify says in a message. Blog post Announcement of price changes. “Over the next month, US subscribers will receive an email explaining what this update means for their subscription.”
Spotify announced price hikes for its international subscribers last month, so these price increases don’t just affect US subscribers. Bloomberg mentioned Last month, it was reported that Spotify was still planning to launch its “Supremium” plan, with lossless streaming and other features. Some Spotify users I even noticed The Dolby Atmos logo has appeared on the app’s Now Playing screen in recent months, suggesting this may be part of the Supremium feature set.
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