Spotify's iOS App Just Got a Lot More Useful

From PC Mag: If you're using Spotify on an iPhone, there's some good news. The music-streaming service updated its iOS app to let you easily subscribe to and adjust premium plans, among other things.

In 2016, Spotify stopped allowing you to subscribe to services like Premium through its iOS app to avoid paying Apple a 30% commission. At the time, Apple also restricted how developers could direct people to off-app services. That changes this week after a judge ruled that Apple can no longer "impede developers' ability to communicate with users [or] levy or impose a new commission on off-app purchases."

Apple implemented these changes on May 1 and approved Spotify's app changes today. Once that update hits your phone, you'll be able to "click a link to purchase the subscription of choice, upgrading from a Free account to one of our Premium plans," Spotify says.

Spotify can also now advertise information about promotions and allow "other payment options beyond just Apple’s payment system," it says, with "a wider range of options on our website."

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