This deal previously ran in October 2019, and unfortunately, if you’ve already gotten a free Google Home Mini this year, you won’t be eligible to get another. Additionally, only paid Spotify Premium memberships qualify, so if you were hoping to cash in via a free trial, you’re out of luck. Spotify are giving away Google Nest Minis for free to Premium users. This deal is going until the end of September or as long as stocks last, so if you’re interested you’d better get a shift on. I applied for the free google home mini from Spotify. I received the email, I go through the steps to get it, but the discount is not applied at checkout.
A few months ago, we announced that eligible existing Premium Individual and Premium Family master account users in the U.S. could get a Google Home Mini while supplies lasted, introducing households to a new, exciting way to enjoy music at home. For a limited time. For free.
Now, we’re bringing the offer back to Individual and Family master Premium accounts, and adding existing Students into the mix.
So if you haven’t taken up the offer before, now’s your chance! Oh—and if you no longer have an Individual Premium account but are considering coming back, this offer may apply to you, too—just visit spotify.com/us/comeback to check if you qualify!
Streaming your favorite tunes and music playlists has never been so easy—or hands-off. You can also find more details here.
Google has made its streaming music service Google Play Music free to use, without a subscription.
The catch is that you'll have to listen to ads, similar to the way free versions of Spotify and Pandora(P) work.
Google(GOOGL) launched the new version for U.S. desktop users Tuesday, and will roll out updates to its Android and iOS app later this week. If you still want to pay the $9.99 a month fee to skip the ads, listen to songs on demand,and create playlists, you can.
Just like Spotify and Pandora, Google Play Music lets people stream preset compilations that Google thinks you would want to listen to during certain activities.
Launching a free version of Google Play Music comes as no surprise. Streaming media companies have struggled to find enough people willing to pay monthly subscriptions, and have increasingly turned back to selling ads to buoy their businesses.
For example, Spotify recently started letting people listen to music ad-free for 30 minutes in exchange for showing them a video ad. It sounds like a strange mix, but video ads make more money than other types of advertising on the Internet. Only about 30% of Spotify's user base pay for the monthly service.
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Meanwhile, Apple(AAPL) is bucking the trend. Its new Apple Music service is available by subscription-only for $9.99 a month.
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Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated what users could access with Google's free service and misidentified Rhapsody as having a free version.