Amazon Music has at all times been a part of a Prime subscription, however with a restricted catalogue of two million songs. That appears like rather a lot, nevertheless it’s a mere fraction of the 100 million-strong full one that you simply get in case you pay individually for Amazon Music Limitless.
Now, although, Prime members within the US, UK and different components of the globe can stream all 100 million songs and an entire vary of podcasts at no further cost.
However there’s a catch. The streaming service works identical to the free model of Spotify. Which means that songs might be performed in shuffle play mode: you possibly can’t ask Alexa or select within the Amazon Music app exactly which track you need. You’ll be able to as an alternative decide a style, artist or album to shuffle.
Nevertheless, this library has an enormous benefit over Spotify – it’s utterly ad-free. Due to this fact, Prime members can take heed to music with none annoying interruptions.
With an Amazon Music subscription, you possibly can stream all the most recent chart toppers, together with Taylor Swift’s brand-new album, Midnights. There are additionally many podcasts out there together with British Scandal and others from the Amazon-owned Wondery, plus different from CNN, NPR, The New York Occasions and ESPN. Once more, these are all ad-free, which makes for a greater expertise than listening by way of Apple or Google podcasts.
The brand new library is an enormous bounce from the two million songs that Prime members might beforehand entry. Amazon has additionally launched a brand new Podcast Previews part, which lets you take heed to brief clips of exhibits to find new exhibits extra rapidly.
Should you’re not but an Amazon Prime member, then now’s the right time to subscribe, as Black Friday is developing on 25 November and Amazon is more likely to have some nice offers out there. New subscribers get a 30-day free trial, and after that accounts value $14.99/£8.99 per 30 days – or you possibly can pay yearly and save a bit.
Though Prime is costlier than it was, don’t neglect you get different advantages in addition to the music, free supply and unique offers. There’s additionally Prime Video, which has exhibits comparable to The Boys and The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Energy, which suggests it’s truly nonetheless superb worth. Listed below are all the advantages of Amazon Prime.
If shuffle play is unacceptable, you possibly can after all improve to Amazon Music Limitless, which lets you play songs in any order you need, with limitless skips and and offline listening. You additionally get HD (16-bit/44.1 kHz) and UHD (24-bit/44.1 to 192 kHz) audio high quality, together with spatial audio – which is nice on the Echo Studio.
Should you don’t need to decide to a subscription, then a 30-day free trial of Limitless is accessible. You’ll be able to see how all the most important gamers evaluate in our roundup of one of the best music streaming companies.