Spotify threatens 12-month ban for Family Plan users who live apart

Spotify now requires Family Plan members to verify they live together by scanning a dynamic QR code on the plan manager's phone, with Bluetooth checking device proximity. Members who fail to verify within seven days are barred from joining another Family or Duo plan for 12 months. Co-CEO Alex Norström confirmed the crackdown on the Q3 earnings call, calling it a "routine improvement."

• Verification uses a dynamic QR code on the plan manager's phone; screenshots won't work
• Bluetooth checks that members' devices are physically close
• Those who fail within seven days face a 12-month Family and Duo ban
• Norström called it a "routine improvement" on the Q3 earnings call