Amazon Music Unlimited is the company's flagship music streaming service but is it free with an Amazon Prime subscription, or do users have to pay more to get it? First, users should understand that Amazon offers three tiers of music streaming services — Amazon Music Free, Amazon Music Prime, and Amazon Music Unlimited. Amazon Music Free provides users with free access to songs in its library but includes ads. On the other hand, the company offers Amazon Music Prime with its Prime membership.
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The service consists of ad-free access to 100 million songs and podcasts. Then comes Amazon Music Unlimited, which provides tracks mastered using advanced technologies such as Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos. Amazon Music Unlimited also includes features like Personalized Stations and Unlimited Skips. However, Amazon Music Unlimited is not free with a Prime membership. To get Music Unlimited, users must spend an extra $8.99 per month, but the price will increase to $10.99 per month from February 21, 2023. Interestingly, the company offers Music Unlimited to students (not enrolled as a Prime Student yet) at $0.99 per month.
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What Do You Get With Amazon Music Unlimited?
On its landing page, Music Unlimited mentions that it offers access to 100 million songs in HD or lossless quality, over seven million songs in Ultra HD, Ultra HD remastered albums, and curated playlists. As far as Spatial Audio is concerned, the service offers thousands of songs in Dolby Atmos and 360 Reality Audio for listening with headphones and supported smart speakers. To summarize, Music Unlimited would make more sense for professionals or audio enthusiasts who have top-end speakers or headphones to make the best out of the service.
Currently, Amazon Prime membership costs $14.99 per month or $139 per year in the United States. On the other hand, students get the service at $7.49 per month and $69 a year. Users might have to pay sales taxes in some states, which could increase the effective price of the subscription. The subscription offers Prime Music and Prime Video for accessing audio and video content on demand, but it does not include Amazon Music Unlimited.
Nonetheless, the library and quality of audio tracks included with Amazon Prime membership should be enough for regular users. While writing this article, Amazon is running a promotional offer wherein it lets new users experience the service free for 30 days, with an option to cancel anytime. Other popular music streaming services like Apple Music also provide access to high-quality audio at $10.99 per month. Still, Amazon Unlimited Music might be a better option for those who don't have Apple devices.
