If you want to use Spotify Premium, the platform has several plans to choose from. One of them is the family plan, which lets you spend a little more than the individual plan and allows you to use Spotify on multiple phones. A family plan can save you a lot of money. Here’s how a Spotify family plan works, what it offers, and how much it costs.
What is the Spotify Premium Family Plan?
Spotify Family Plan is one of the subscriptions available within Spotify’s Premium tier, allowing up to six separate individual accounts with the same address to access the benefits of Spotify Premium.
It’s great value for money, but costs around 40% more than the individual plan. These benefits include offline music, ad-free music, Spotify Jam, unlimited skips, and parental controls to filter out music for other accounts.
The Spotify Family Plan is a great way to share Premium with friends, even if they don’t live at the same address. Spotify asks for and verifies the address when users click the invite and doesn’t track their location.
The plan also gives you access to another app called Spotify Kids, which is aimed at children and allows you to filter out explicit music.
How much does this premium plan cost?
The Spotify Family Plan costs $19.99/month and sleeps a total of six people, a whopping $8 less than the individual plan.
So if you have family members or friends who want to subscribe to Premium, Spotify’s family plan is the way to go as it essentially brings the price up to $3.33/month per person! You can check the features and costs of other plans in our dedicated post on Spotify Premium plans.
How to upgrade to the Spotify Family Plan
Those without an active subscription can choose this plan when subscribing to Spotify Premium. However, if you already have Spotify Premium, you can upgrade to the Spotify Family Plan via the phone or desktop app.
Remember that you have to pay the full amount for the plan. Spotify will not refund the cost of your existing subscription. The same applies if you are subscribed to the Annual Premium Individual plan. Here’s how to upgrade:
On the PC
- Go to Spotify’s Family Plan page and click Getting started.
- Sign in to your Spotify account if you haven’t already.
- Enter your address and payment details and confirm payment.
On the phone
- Launch Spotify on your phone and tap Profile photo top left.
- Go to Settings and privacy > Account.
- Tap on View available plans and then select Spotify Premium Family.
- Spotify will take you to a separate page where you need to tap Manage your subscription.
- Then tap Subscribe to. You will now be redirected to the list of all available plans.
- Scroll down to the “Family” section and select Get Premium Family and enter your payment details on the next page.
- When you are finished, tap the Buy now Click the button below to subscribe to Spotify Premium Family.
Once you have subscribed to the plan, you can go to your Account page > Manage members > Add or remove members. The user you invite must log in to their account and confirm their full address.
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Although Spotify states that all participants should live under the same roof, the platform does not track your location, so you could invite your faraway friends, but they would have to enter the same address as the plan manager when accepting the invitation.
Yes, you can join the Family Plan if you already have a Premium account and all your playlists and likes will be retained.
No. Spotify doesn’t track your location, which means as long as the people you invite enter the same address you provided when signing up for Family, they can join the plan.
While there is no difference between the two plans in terms of features, the 6-person plan offers incredible value if you can split it between multiple people. If six people use the plan, the cost per person can effectively be reduced to $3.33/month, compared to $12/month for Premium Individual.
