Amazon is reportedly planning to launch a fully fledged music streaming service to rival the likes of Spotify and Apple Music.
According to Recode sources, the service will be available from just $4 or $5 (likely £4 or £5) a month for some customers.
The catch? That tariff will only be available to owners of the Amazon Echo speaker, which is yet to be officially made available in the UK.
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For those who don’t own the Alexa-powered smart Bluetooth speaker or actually want to listen on something other than that device, the expanded streaming service will reportedly be ad-free at $10 a month.
The streaming service would be an extension of the Prime Music library, which is available as a perk of Prime membership.
That service only offers around a million songs, but the report suggests Amazon will be going all in with a full-on Spotify and Apple Music competitor.
Amazon has reportedly sold over a million Echo speakers, but the discounted offer would still be of limited appeal.
Would you be willing to accept a 50% discount on your streaming subscription and only be able to play on one fair-to-middling Bluetooth speaker?
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