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 Php129USD 2INR 186EUR 2CNY 16/month (it’s $10PHP 587INR 847EUR 10CNY 73 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.

Abe Olandres

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.

https://www.yugatech.com

29 Comments

asjdnakjdnk says:

11 years ago

nakakatuwa talaga tong blog na to.

walang love sa wp8. haha

pero konting utot lang ng ios, post agad. xDD
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tangaasjdnakjdnk says:

11 years ago

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

AA says:

11 years ago

May spotify din naman wp a
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asjdnakjdnk says:

11 years ago

un nga e. merong nga. di naman nakaindicate sa post/

RD says:

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

Looks like a great service.

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

11 years ago

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.

Ang says:

11 years ago

Offline playlist!
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karen says:

11 years ago

Grooveshark na lang free pa.
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rockz says:

11 years ago

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.

Easy E says:

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

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).
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Vance says:

11 years ago

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.
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Vance says:

11 years ago

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
Vance says:

11 years ago

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

anongaba says:

11 years ago

If you subscribe to Globe go surf 299 you can have 30 days premium for spotify…For premium account :)
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deathnotice01 says:

11 years ago

$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.
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Salleh says:

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

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?
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renjie says:

10 years ago

hai this is me,,mc ren,,
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Stella says:

9 years ago

paano sa tnt?
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Mae Irene Aspacio says:

8 years ago

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.
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Mae Irene Aspacio says:

8 years ago

http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah38/leasamimee1/Screenshot_2016-09-13-11-41-49_zpszkylocie.jpg
V4Vendetta says:

8 years ago

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

ZXC says:

8 years ago

Pano mag register sa smart?
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Fierce says:

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

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