Spotify’s new ‘Basic’ plan in the US is here, and it’s really just the old Premium plan
If you only care about music and podcasts, the new Spotify Basic plan is what you need.
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- Spotify’s new Basic plan costs $10.99 each month.
- It offers ad-free, unlimited music listening and podcast access, with no audiobook access.
- Previously, this is what Spotify Premium offered, so this is really just a return to the old Premium plan.
At the beginning of this month, Spotify increased the price of its Premium plan by $1.00, going from $10.99 monthly to $11.99 monthly. The main reason for this price jump was the recent introduction of audiobook support on the platform. With the “new” Premium plan, you get 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month.
The problem is that users who don’t care about audiobooks suddenly are paying more for a service they don’t use. Well, Spotify is now offering a solution in the United States with its new Spotify Basic plan. The Basic plan costs $10.99 each month and only includes music and podcasts.
