Spotify is getting stricter about who can share its Premium Family subscription. The plan is officially limited to people living at the same physical address, and the company has now rolled out a new verification process to enforce that rule. Both plan managers and members have started receiving notifications asking them to confirm their address.

How does the verification work?

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*A screenshot shared on Reddit.

The new system relies on a QR code displayed on the plan manager's screen, which must be scanned by another member of the Family plan using their phone. In practice, that means both people have to be physically present in the same place.

Since the QR code refreshes every few seconds, simply taking a screenshot and sending it to someone else won't work. Users report having to resort to complicated workarounds, such as screen sharing across multiple devices, to get past the check.

For now, these reports come only from accounts outside Turkey; it may take some time before the feature reaches all users.

What happens if you don't verify?

According to Spotify's official support page, users who receive the address verification prompt have 7 days to complete the process. Accounts that fail to scan the dynamic QR code in time, or whose address doesn't match, are automatically removed from the Premium Family group and moved to the ad-supported free tier.

And the penalty doesn't stop there. Accounts that fail verification or miss the deadline are barred from joining any family or duo plan for 12 months. Anyone who wants to keep using Premium will have no option but to switch to an individual subscription.