Spotify To Give Free Access To Mobile App On December 11 th

In the increasing competitive world of music streaming services , one feature of streaming giant Spotify has been glaringly absent since the service’ s launch . That feature , of course , is free access to the mobile app; in Spotify ’ s current revenue model, only subscribers to their premium service are able to access and use their mobile app on Android, iOS and a whole host of other mobile platforms . Well, that looks like its about to change as the Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Spotify is looking to bring a free , ad -supported app to mobile , finally rounding out Spotify ’ s line -
up of features .

This new access is said to be going live on December 11 th and brings Spotify in line with sizable competitors like Pandora who have been providing a free mobile app for quite some time now . It will be interesting to see how this actually affects to Spotify ; I know I for one , as a Spotify subscriber , only subscribed to the premium service so I could get access to the mobile app. Living with the extra ads may be an acceptable sacrifice for some subscribers who will then switch over to the free service , though the converse is also possible . Who ’ s been waiting for this feature to be added to Spotify ’ s
service ? Is it too little too late? Let us know what you think .