{"id":2441886,"date":"2026-06-02T17:21:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2441886"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:21:45","slug":"apple-music-testing-new-cheaper-subscription-tiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/apple-music-testing-new-cheaper-subscription-tiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Music Testing New Cheaper Subscription Tiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Apple Music<\/strong> has always been a streaming service provider whose benefits does not alter irrespective of the opted plan and has remained universal. However, it appears all is about to change! Recent code change spotting in the beta version of <strong>Apple Music for Android<\/strong> indicate certain changes that does not seem to adhere to the uniform plans any longer. Unique additions attributing to a threshold for \u2018skip limit\u2019 and a \u2018Premium Access Required\u2019 feature seem to be making their way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: It appears that Apple may be working on a free or lower-cost tier of Apple Music.<\/p>\n<p>Strings in the latest Apple Music for Android beta mention &#8220;Can&#8217;t skip any more tracks&#8221; and &#8220;Premium access required&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xGHeaDb7X3\">pic.twitter.com\/xGHeaDb7X3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron (@aaronp613) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aaronp613\/status\/2060534788197363997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It is notable that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Music<\/a> <strong>does not have any specific Premium category currently<\/strong>. Also, there isn\u2019t any current subscription tier that curbs benefits for a lesser-priced alternative. Even the 30 day free-trial does not limit the user perks associated with the universal plan. If the current indicated changes hold to be true, Apple Music could very well signal entering a terrain familiar to the likes of <strong>Spotify<\/strong>. A deviation that could see the streaming giants exploring cheaper options with pre-defined limits.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is unlikely to offer any of these options as a fully ad-supported free tier. The company has consistently pushed back against that model, calling it harmful to artists and something that devalues music. It has also never introduced a permanent free plan, aside from limited promotions. For Apple Music to move toward a free subscription model, it would need to completely reverse a long-standing position it has strongly defended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.edmtunes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Music has always been a streaming service provider whose benefits does not alter irrespective of the opted plan and has remained universal. However, it appears all is about to change! Recent code change spotting in the beta version of Apple Music for Android indicate certain changes that does not seem to adhere to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2441628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[345917,408867,381260],"class_list":["post-2441886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-apple-music","tag-arrpita","tag-edmtunes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Apple-Music-Testing-New-Budget-Subscription-Tiers-in-Android-Beta.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441887,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441886\/revisions\/2441887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}