Amazon expands Music and Echo to 28 more countries

News Wireless Global 11 DEC 2017
Amazon expands Music and Echo to 28 more countries

Amazon has announced the expansion of its Music Unlimited service and the Echo smart speaker lineup to another 28 countries, mostly in Europe and South America. The music service, launched just over a year ago in the US, has a catalogue of over 40 million songs and is specifically designed with voice control in mind. It is now available in countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Uruguay, among others.

Amazon Music Unlimited comes in three plan options, with the price varying per country. The Echo plan lets subscribers listen on a single device, the Individual plan lets them add up to 10 devices and the Family plan lets six people can stream in the same household. 

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