topic Re: Free Users Cannot Connect To My (Premium) Spotify Jam in iOS (iPhone, iPad)

Free Users Cannot Connect To My (Premium) Spotify Jam

joshuasingh2008 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:46:52 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

NYC

Device

My device: M1 macbook air 16gb

Friend Device: Iphone 15 pro

Operating System

My Operating System: 15.7.4 (24G517)

Friend IOS: 26.3.1

My Question or Issue

I have spotify premium and im using the spotify app. I started a jam and shared it to my friend who does not have premium and is on the free version. He is unable to join on his device and have the sound output on his device as shown in the video attached.

Is this normal behavior? I thought he should be able to join in and add songs as im hosting the jam.

Re: Free Users Cannot Connect To My (Premium) Spotify Jam

Yordan — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:01:05 GMT

Hi, @joshuasingh2008,

Welcome to the Spotify Community and thanks for reaching out!

Free users can join and add songs to a Jam hosted by a Premium user, however, they can only listen on the host's device for a so-called 'in-person Jam'. In order for your friend to listen on their own device in a Jam you're hosting (i.e. a 'remote Jam'), they need to have Premium.

Hope this clears things up. Take care.

Re: Free Users Cannot Connect To My (Premium) Spotify Jam

joshuasingh2008 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:11:58 GMT

Got it, thanks for the clarification. I think you guys should implement that clarification on the spotify jam page

Re: Free Users Cannot Connect To My (Premium) Spotify Jam

Koko2664588 — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:48:35 GMT

They won't. Greedy corporation