Spotify is expanding its partnership with Samsung today by announcing that its music app will now come preinstalled on “millions of new Samsung mobile devices globally,” including the just-launched Galaxy S10 lineup.
The company also announced a new promotion that offers a free six-month Spotify Premium subscription to new Galaxy S10 owners, although there are a few caveats. The free Premium offer only works for new Spotify customers; if you already have Premium, subscribed at one point in the past, or even used a free trial, you’re out of luck. The deal is also only available to S10 customers in the US, although Samsung and Spotify may expand that offer to other phones in the future.
It’s a logical move for Samsung and Spotify: last fall, the two companies announced a deal that would make Spotify the default music option for Bixby, so including the app on new Samsung phones is a sensible next step forward.
Comments
Great another installed app. Doesn’t the galaxy already ships with Google Play and Samsung Music? Now Spotify and soon YouTube music.
By atoqir on 03.08.19 12:25pm
You’re complaining that the phone comes with Google Play? Really? That’s like saying, "Man I hate that the iPhone comes with an App Store pre-installed".
By ProductFRED on 03.08.19 12:47pm
You’re being purposefully daft. You know he means Google Play Music.
"But the iPhone has Apple Music Preinstalled"
Yeah, and it shouldn’t either. These Preinstalled subscription based apps are basically blotware. Get them off the $1000 device I paid for.
By dnyank2 on 03.08.19 1:18pm
No it doesn’t. Google play music hasn’t been mandatory for quite a while.
And Samsung Music is also an optional app.
By Tswfootball on 03.08.19 5:32pm
Seems like a win win for both companies – Sammy, please make it deletable.
By SasparillaFizz on 03.08.19 1:04pm
Yet another bloatware — hope its deletable ..
By Kirukkan on 03.08.19 3:42pm
Awesome. I’m always intrigued by the features/playlists that I find in Spotify nowadays!
By dbsyo on 03.08.19 5:23pm