It’s also yet another way that Amazon is looking to justify the price of its Prime membership increase from earlier in the year. The new update to Amazon Music today also effectively turns the free service into Spotify’s standard music streaming offering, minus the ads of course. So current subscribers likely won’t find that the new free tier replaces their existing membership, though it does offer something for those who only occasionally tap into the service. So unfortunately you won’t be able to ping Alexa to play that specific song stuck in your head.įor that, you’ll have to upgrade to the $9 per month subscription in the form of Amazon Music Unlimited. Instead, all Prime members will be able to access the Amazon Music catalog through shuffling artists, albums, and playlists. To still incentivize customers to subscribe to Music Unlimited for the full experience, those who do opt to go with the standard tier aren’t going to get the full access. The changes to the Amazon Music catalog for Prime members do now come with some caveats, however. Now in a move that is even more aggressive than Apple’s $5 Voice Plan for Apple Music, Amazon Music is opening its collection of tracks to anyone who already pays the $139 annual fee to be a Prime member. Previously if you wanted to listen to Amazon Music and its library of 100 million songs, you would have to be subscribed to the company’s paid Amazon Music Unlimited plan. Amazon Music and its 100 million songs go free for Prime members

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