Flights riding in United Airlines are more interesting thanks to a new partnership with Spotify that will offer free materials of more than 450 hours to passengers.
Moving forward, United Passengers will be able to listen to dozens of audioobooks and video podcasts, the first time Spotiff has introduced these products on an airline. These include popular podcasts like “Good Hang with Amy Polar” and “The Dave Chang Show”, shared by United with TPG.
“Spotiff has a very big audience and people love their content,” United MileagePlus CEO Richard Nunnon said in a statement shared with TPG, and people love their content. And now our customers can enjoy it in a simple and easy way at 35,000 feet. ” “Together, we are giving millions of customers a completely new way to experience and detect premium content from the world’s most popular artists, writers and podcasters – flying with the latest technology in all the sky.”
To start, more than 680 aircraft of Spotify United will be available through seatback screens. Passengers flying Starlink-equipped aircraft (Which airline Started rolling Last month) will also be able to stream Spotify from your personal devices by logging into your mileagePlus accounts.
On the seatback screen, the streaming service home menu will change the “audio” category and will include podcast, video podcast, audibook and playlist options. United said that most of its aircraft will also receive a dedicated Spotify channel in the coming months.
In 2026, United plans to introduce a feature, allowing passengers to use their individual equipment, which is to log in in the Spotify app on the Inflite Entertainment Screen.
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Ian Galer, vice -president of business development at Spotify, stated that the employed update “will provide a more personal app streaming experience for seatback next year.”
To celebrate the new partnership, United is United Offering Members of the mileagePlus who are new to the premium individual membership of Spotify, the chance to sign up and earn 1,000 bonus miles. The cost of a premium individual membership is $ 11.99 per month.
Entertainment updates come on the heels of United’s decision Add more seatback screen With 4K resolution, test a new control tower view option through inflight map and more.
Beyond United, Delta is air lines … Offered Select Spotify-Custed Playlists and Podacts; However, the airline told TPG that the partnership would end as the carrier introduces it. Advertising with YouTube-free streaming partnership,
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