To stream music for free on Amazon, all you have to do is go to or use the Amazon Music app.

But now you can also listen via iOS and Android devices, as well as Fire TV accounts. After all, Amazon Music is the only place where you can jam out to Garth Brooks's 'Friends in Low Places.' That's a win for Bezos if I've ever seen one.Amazon just announced that its free, ad-sponsored, music streaming service will now be available on virtually all smartphones and tablets - even if you don't pay for a subscription with Amazon Prime or Amazon Music.Īmazon's free music streaming tier, which features “ top playlists and thousands of stations” according to a company blog post this week, originally launched exclusively for Echo smart speaker devices in April 2019. Considering how essential Prime feels these days, I wouldn't be surprised to see some users jump ship. A new 'Podcast Previews' tool selects soundbites from specific episodes of a show, which could make discovering your next favorite podcast a little easier.īetween the free streaming library and the focus on podcasts, it's clear Amazon is coming for Spotify's crown with this move. Wondery shows like SmartLess are now played ad-free for Prime members, as are all Amazon-exclusive shows. Of course, because no music streaming platform can just stick to, you know, music, Amazon is also promoting its podcast lineup with today's announcement.

Neither of those limitations is unlikely to matter to anyone who uses streaming music enough to pay for it, which isn't this plan's targeted audience. So what other differences remain between Amazon Music Prime and the $8.99 (Prime-subsidized) Unlimited plan? Prime-only listeners can't listen offline - again, with the exception of All-Access playlists - and can't stream Amazon's high-fidelity audio.

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