Amazon expands to Canada with launch of music streaming service

E-commerce giant Amazon announces the arrival of its music streaming service in Canada. The recently launched music streaming service, Amazon Music Unlimited is an expansion of recently launched Prime Music and is expected to compete with streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify.

Amazon Music Unlimited is expected to be available at $7.99 for prime members and $9.99 for non-members. Single-device Echo plan and family plans are also available.

Sean McMullan, Head of International Expansion for Amazon Music quoted, “We’ve seen such a positive customer response from the launch of Prime Music for Canada last year, and with today’s launch we’re excited to bring more customers even more choice and ways of discovering music with Alexa. We’re thrilled for our Canadian customers to start streaming with Unlimited today, and begin enjoying expanded voice controls to play music for every moment.”