Using the service (or any other service for that matter) without a user interface is a completely different experience than with one. Is that worth the extra money per month? It will be interesting to see just how many of the estimated 60 million Prime members say, “Yes it is!”Īs stated before, the much lower $3.99 monthly price for Echo owners has a built in “gotcha” in that the service only works on that device, so once again, you have to wonder how many users will actually upgrade to the full service. There are a lot more songs available (Amazon will only say it's in the “tens of millions” as compared to Prime Music’s two million), there are curated playlists, behind-the-scenes artist commentaries, and a new app.

To be fair, Amazon Music Unlimited is different from Prime Music in a number of ways. And, as a Prime member, you already have Amazon’s Prime Music service available to you for free, so why would you want to pay the extra 8 bucks a month for something that you’ve already paid for?

You have to be an Amazon Prime member in order to have access to the $7.99 price, and this is after you’ve already paid $99 for your Amazon Prime subscription for the year. Higher levels of inflation in the United States and other countries could also encourage companies to increase prices.The problem is that this price is really a mirage.

Netflix, as another example, just raised prices on most of its plans in the United States and Canada. The pricing change will likely be unpopular with current subscribers, but it follows the current trend of ever-increasing digital subscriptions. The version included with Prime doesn't have any advertisements or limitations on skipping/offline access, and can also be used to play podcasts (though there are many free apps for that). Amazon says the new pricing will go into effect starting May 5, 2022.Īmazon does offer a basic version of Amazon Music for all Prime members, with just two million 'hand-curated' songs compared to the 90+ million songs offered in Amazon Music Unlimited. That means Prime customers are paying just $1 less per month than non-Prime subscribers. The price for Amazon Music Unlimited without a Prime membership is staying the same, at $9.99/mo.

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