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- Spotify Premium subscribers recently reported seeing unexpected ads while using the service.
- Two days ago, Spotify acknowledged the issue, calling it a bug and not an intentional change.
- Today, the company announced that the issue has been fixed, restoring the ad-free experience for Premium users.
Spotify Premium users can breathe a sigh of relief — an unexpected ad bug that crept into their usually ad-free listening experience appears to have been squashed. A few days ago, Spotify users on Android, iOS, and the web started noticing ads popping up, prompting a wave of feedback across Spotify’s official community forum. Spotify swiftly acknowledged that Premium users weren’t supposed to be getting ads while streaming music, calling it a bug rather than an intentional change.
Today, Spotify has offered an update confirming the issue’s resolution. In a statement on its community forum, the company wrote: