Amazon and Google Release Free, Ad-Supported Music Streaming on Their Respective Smart Speakers

Great minds think alike?

It’s sort of the tech equivalent of those dueling banjos: Both Amazon and Google announced free, ad-supported music streaming on their respective smart speakers on Thursday.

That means Echo owners in the U.S. can “listen to an ad-supported selection of top playlists and stations for free with Amazon Music” even if they don’t have a Prime membership or a subscription to its paid offering, Amazon Music Unlimited. Similarly, Google’s equivalent, YouTube Music, has a free, ad-supported streaming service on Google Home and other speakers with Google Assistant.

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