What is Spotify up to? Last year, they offered a promotion offering all premium subscribers a free Hulu account (with ads) and this year? They're offering premium users a free Google Home Mini smart speaker.
“So what’s the catch? There is no catch,” says a Spotify press release. However, there is a slight catch – you must connect your Spotify account to your Google account. Of course, such would be required anyway to play Spotify music on the smart speaker, but also it gives Google access to all of your Spotify data and listening habits.
Spotify adds they are “looking forward to rolling out new features with Google that make it even easier to discover and listen to Spotify via Google Home Mini and other Assistant-powered devices” in the near future. They did not expand on what they mean.
To get your free Google Home Mini, while supplies last, you can go to this page to sign up. If you are already a member, simply log in to your account using the web interface and press the "Get Individual" button (or "Get Family" if you're enrolled into the family plan) and it will automatically recognize your account and offer you the discount code for the speaker. Then, you will be redirected to the Google store where you can check out
