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My girlfriend and I share a single account for every subscription service we use. Aside from the difference in cost and the number of accounts, the Duo plan comes with all the usual Spotify Premium perks: No ads, on-demand listening and the ability to upload your own music or download tracks for offline listening. However, while both Spotify Duo users can listen at the same time, they will need to use the same street address in their account information in order to use the Duo plan the same restriction applies to the Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music Family plans as well. Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator based out of Portland, OR. I have my wife, a friend in a different city, my mom in yet another city, and a friend in a different state all in my "family" and all sharing the benefits of all my Google subscriptions including Drive, I think. Maybe it's technically the rules for YT specifically, but that shares benefits with normal Google family sharing, sooooooo it still works within the rules with them being elsewhere. The A.
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With unlimited skips, free downloads, offline listening, and plenty of other features, upgrading to the premium version has plenty of incentives. Not to mention, premium accounts are also completely ad-free. Instead, you need to shuffle an artist, album, genre, or playlist. Curated playlists and offline listening are also unavailable, as is Radio. You can also save tracks for offline listening , access Spotify Radio, and watch music videos and Spotify podcasts. It also comes with a free Hulu subscription. Just make sure you re-register as a student after a year , or Spotify will strip you of the Hulu membership and start charging you the full Premium price. Own a Chase credit card? Several employers offer Spotify Premium for free, including Starbucks, which has , employees on a comped subscription.
So deciding who gets to play DJ at home or in the car is a constant battle. With Spotify Premium Duo , our new, first-of-its-kind subscription plan, couples can enjoy their favorite music—together and separately. Premium Duo is designed for audio-loving pairs living at the same address.