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Spotify PH becomes official; Php129 for Premium

We first leaked the news back in January about Spotify coming to the Philippines (and we were asked to take it down by several entities). Then, a couple of weeks ago, we spotted the limited release of Spotify via the Coca-Cola FB Page. Today, it’s official.

Spotify is finally, and fully, available in the Philippines.

While the basic service is free, there is a Premium account that you can subscribe to for Php129/month (it’s $10 a month in the US). The Spotify app is now available for download in the PH iTunes Store, Windows Phone Store and Google Play Store.

We also received an invite from Globe to an event tonight about their partnership with Spotify and we hear the Premium service will be free to some subscribers (under the new Globe Go Surf bundle). Will confirm this later.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

29 Responses

  1. Avatar for Fierce Fierce says:

    i want immediate response please. i need to avail a limited time offer from spotify

  2. Avatar for Fierce Fierce says:

    hey what about talk n text? will it be considered as smart payment since smart handles talk n text????

  3. Avatar for ZXC ZXC says:

    Pano mag register sa smart?

  4. Avatar for Mae Irene Aspacio Mae Irene Aspacio says:

    Dont ever upgrade to premium. They charge me even I already unsubscribe to my plan ahead of time? I signed up for 3 months promo 9php, but I decided not to continue. BEFORE my subscription ends I already unsubribed yet they charged me .. Grabe kakaloka 2 months ko lang nagamit yung free tapos after that they billed my paypal. Siguro wla talagang free. False Ad. NEVER EVER UPGRADE TO PREMIUN, free is enough even though with adds still fine than charged by spotify theif. Even though its just a small amount it is still a form of cheating. Please be aware.

    • Avatar for Mae Irene Aspacio Mae Irene Aspacio says:

      http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah38/leasamimee1/Screenshot_2016-09-13-11-41-49_zpszkylocie.jpg

    • Avatar for V4Vendetta V4Vendetta says:

      You may always file a dispute nmn through PayPal and they will reimburse your PayPal. or call Spotify directly.

  5. Avatar for Stella Stella says:

    paano sa tnt?

  6. Avatar for renjie renjie says:

    hai this is me,,mc ren,,

  7. Avatar for asar sa globe asar sa globe says:

    I am subscribed to globe unlisurf and spotify 299 which means that I possibly have a 1Gb per day limit on data and a 30 day spotify premium access. I’m sure that I have not exceeded my 1GB limit for today. I used my spotify app and tried to listen to some music, turn the offline mode on for my current playlist at ng biglang dumating si 8888 at naghello :( bulok na system? di ba dapat separate ang data counter ng unlisurf sa spotify?

  8. Avatar for Salleh Salleh says:

    Nakita ko ito noong isang araw lang and immediately subscribed to premium.. now enjoying spotify on my Lumia ^_~

  9. Avatar for deathnotice01 deathnotice01 says:

    $2.8 is dirt cheap already compared to the $10 US price. I’m glad spotify finally landed here in PH. I’ve subscribed to their premium service and the selection of music is unbelievably unbeatable.

  10. Avatar for anongaba anongaba says:

    If you subscribe to Globe go surf 299 you can have 30 days premium for spotify…For premium account :)

  11. Avatar for Vance Vance says:

    Although i like grooveshark, spotify is a legit service. People are focusing on the premuim but forgetting that you can stream music on the web or app for free but with ads just like radio. Grooveshark also has ads after a few songs.

    • Avatar for Vance Vance says:

      http://mashable.com/2013/12/11/spotify-free-faq/ I tried it but its not letting listen to any artist or song on a free account so far…maybe they limited that free listening to us and europe accounts for now

    • Avatar for Vance Vance says:

      Correction, the philippine account works on the web and desktop app but on the ipad, its not able to play anysong only radio. Hmm

  12. Avatar for rockz rockz says:

    I’m glad they are partnering with Globe and hopefully they are not going to disappoint Spotify subscribers since it uses P2P (PC and Mac only – and I heard Globe is throttling P2P connection on their network).

  13. Avatar for Easy E Easy E says:

    Spinnr for Sun/Smart and this for Globe. For the rest of us, thePiratebay. LOLOLOL

  14. Avatar for karen karen says:

    Grooveshark na lang free pa.

    • Avatar for rockz rockz says:

      Yeah its free but you only get a few songs. Spotify has a lot more to offer. If you support the artist then this is a good way to pay their efforts. Spotify pay royalties to the artist while we stream them so this is less piracy and its legal.

  15. Avatar for Ang Ang says:

    Offline playlist!

  16. Avatar for arvinsim arvinsim says:

    Looks like a great service.

    BUT will our ISP’s and plans feasibly be able to handle Spotify streaming?

    • Avatar for rockz rockz says:

      I’ve been using Spotify for 2 years (US Account) from the Philippines and I never had issues with it even on high bit-rate streaming. And since Spotify for PC and Mac is a P2P software then it should go through peers and hopefully our ISPs will not throttle it.

  17. Avatar for RD RD says:

    Try http://spotify.globe.com.ph you’ll be redirected to the subscription page.

  18. Avatar for AA AA says:

    May spotify din naman wp a

  19. Avatar for asjdnakjdnk asjdnakjdnk says:

    nakakatuwa talaga tong blog na to.

    walang love sa wp8. haha

    pero konting utot lang ng ios, post agad. xDD

    • Avatar for tangaasjdnakjdnk tangaasjdnakjdnk says:

      nakakatuwa ka rin naman talaga asjdnakjdnk, pag may post yugatech, comment ka agad…

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