Free Spotify accounts will once again have unlimited access to song lyrics

July 31 (Portaltic/EP) –

Spotify will return song lyrics to users with free accounts for unlimited access and not just three a monthas it has been until now; a feature that for a few months had begun to be exclusive to paid subscriptions.

The streaming content platform incorporated song lyrics in 2021, both in free accounts and in premium subscription, so that users could follow them along with the songs of their favorite artists.

In September 2023, however, the firm began a test in which some free account users lost access to this feature, a restriction that was expanded to more people in May of this year.

Users affected by this measure shared their cases through social networks and forums such as Reddit, where they indicated that, when trying to access the lyrics of the songs, the platform urged them to subscribe to the premium plan to view them again.

At the time, free account users could follow the lyrics of only three songs per month, as he recalls. Engadgeta medium that Spotify has contacted to communicate that “In the next weeks“The availability of this feature will be expanded to these users.

It’s worth remembering that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek indicated at the company’s latest earnings conference that a number of plans were being put in place to improve what is offered to free users.

So the CEO stated that The Swedish platform was “giving priority” in access to some free features “based on current performance in certain markets.” “More improvements to the free experience will be added in the coming months,” he said.