Spotify will require family plan members to prove that they are all living at the same address, in a revived initiative to prevent abuse of the subscription option. Spotify, apparently, wants to stop that from happening. This is not the first time that Spotify has tried to limit the number of people subscribing to its family plan. Last year, the music streaming service asked certain members to confirm their location by giving their GPS coordinates. The pilot program was abruptly ended due to privacy concerns. The concerns about user privacy have also returned, and Christopher Weatherhead, technology lead for U. Spotify, however, claimed that the location data that it will require will be encrypted, and will only be used for the purpose of verifying family plan subscriptions.

Spotify Family Plan: How much does it cost?


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Spotify made it much more affordable to have your whole family on a Spotify Premium plan last month, but it didn't make the process of adding family members any easier. Late last month, Spotify changed the pricing for its family plans to match those of Apple Music and Google Play Music. This puts Spotify's family plan pricing in line with many other popular music streaming services available. Sadly, Spotify didn't make upgrading your account from Premium to Family any more intuitive, and user management could use some work. Nonetheless, here is how to upgrade your Spotify account and share your Premium access with your family.
Spotify Family Plan: What does it include?
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Emails requesting GPS coordinates are being sent to some subscribers. Spotify is emailing some users on family plans asking for their GPS locations in order to confirm that they live in the same location, reports Spiegel Online and Quartz. The move is an apparent attempt by Spotify to crack down on groups of friends who save money on individual subscriptions by sharing discounted plans intended for families. I pay for the family plan and it should not matter where my family lives. Will you cancel my account if my family gets too far from each other? We are always testing new products and experiences at Spotify, but have no further news to share regarding this particular feature test at this time. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
Subscriber Account active since. Spotify Premium is popular for a number of reasons: it's inexpensive, doesn't include ads, offers a wide variety of music, and more. With a Family Plan, members of the same household can enjoy the same Spotify Premium benefits without having to pay for multiple subscriptions. The person in your household who pays for the Spotify Premium Family Plan will need to invite you to join their "Family" before you can reap the benefits of the Premium subscription. You won't be able to use the Premium subscription until you accept the invite. Here's how to accept it, and what you'll need to do once you do. This can be done on your desktop computer or mobile device.