With the resignation of Pavel Durov from the post of General Director of Vkontakte, changes that were unpleasant for users began in the social network. One of them was the restriction on free listening to music in a mobile application and the impossibility of playing without an Internet connection. At the testing stage, the time was limited to one hour per day, and later it became 30 minutes per person per day.
You can remove the restriction by connecting a paid subscription to your account. After the purchase, in the web version of the social network, audio advertising disappears while playing tracks.
What's included in the subscription?
Below is a list of features, with some comments.
- Complete music collection
. - Background listening
. On a mobile device, you can listen to tracks with the screen turned off for no more than 30 minutes a day. With a subscription, these restrictions are completely removed. There are a couple more tricks, we wrote about them in the instructions on listening to music in the background (read). - Disabling audio ads
. - Listen to music without the Internet in the Boom application
. There were also a couple of methods here that made it possible to achieve a similar result (see our version).
Many people argue about the validity of the subscription. Our opinion is that if you use the VK platform as the main tool for listening to music from all your devices, then the amount is 149 rubles. completely justified.
What does a student subscription provide?
So, a standard subscription through the BOOM player costs users 150 rubles. For example, unlimited access to Yandex.Music and Apple Music costs 169 rubles/month. The student tariff at VK allows you to save 50% of the full cost and costs 75 rubles. This approach is borrowed from Apple, which offers a similar plan at the same cost.
The student tariff is available to all students of universities, colleges and other educational institutions. However, there is an important condition - the student must be a full-time student. The special price is not available to all correspondence students.
This subscription is available to all users from the CIS and Georgia. The special price will be available for 4 years, but you will need to confirm your student status every year by sending the chatbot photos of your record book.
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How to subscribe to VKontakte music?
Let's consider this process first from a computer, then from a mobile phone.
We work with PC
Open the website vk.com and log in to your page.
Now we need to open the menu in the upper right corner of the screen. Select “Settings” from the list. Then go to the “Payments, subscriptions, transfers” tab. Here we find and open the “Subscriptions” tab, and click on the “Subscribe” button.
In the next step we must click on the “Try for free” button. A window will appear where we will be informed that we agree to monthly payments through the VKpay service. If you agree with this, click “Connect via VK pay”.
Subscription payment agreement
We have already discussed in detail the connection and configuration of the VK Pay payment system - read our instructions. If you did this in advance, the payment will go through immediately. If not, you will first be asked to link your card.
After you click on the button, your subscription will be completed. And you will see a corresponding notification.
Subscription completed successfully
Now from an Android phone
Here by analogy. Open the VKontakte application and go to the “Settings” section (gear icon). Next in the list we find the item “Music subscription”. Go ahead and click on the “Try for free” button.
How to unsubscribe
Boom is free to use for one month. During this time you will understand whether the service suits you or not. Then you can cancel your paid subscription. The main thing is not to forget to unsubscribe, because the money will be automatically debited from the card every month.
Subscription to Boom works through the application store of the platform on which the subscription was issued: Google Play or App Store.
How to unsubscribe on Google Play
- Open Play Store.
- Go to the “Account” section through the side menu.
- Select the “Subscriptions” tab.
- Find the card with the inscription “VKontakte” and cancel the subscription in the “Management” menu.
How to unsubscribe from the App Store
- In the Settings app on your iOS device, select your name.
- Find the "iTunes Store and App Store" section and click on your Apple ID account at the top of the screen.
- From the pop-up menu, select View Apple ID.
- Open the “Subscriptions” section.
- Find “VKontakte” in the list and click the unsubscribe button.
On a computer, you can unsubscribe in the App Store only through iTunes, and on Google Play - through the browser in your account settings.
How can I cancel my subscription?
This procedure is also done in the “Payments, subscriptions, transfers” section, on the “Subscriptions” tab. After you have paid for access to the service, there will be a VK Pay link opposite the corresponding item. Click on it, and on the next page use the “Disable Subscription Renewal” link. We will receive a notification that payment for renewal will be disabled, and we will see until how long the service is valid.
This procedure can also be performed on your phone. In the application, open the settings, then go to the “Music subscription” section. In the next step, click on the “Manage subscription” item. And then click on the “Disable” link.
How to use it
So, you have joined the paid movement and are hungry for your goodies. On a computer, everything is simple - as soon as you pay a subscription fee in the application, all connections are synchronized with each other and you will not hear any more advertising. Unlimited listening to tracks in the background will be available on your phone, and your playlist will automatically be uploaded to Boom. Opposite each composition you will see a vertical ellipsis - click and explore your options.
It is impossible to subscribe to VK music for free in an honest way, but instructions for a dubious adventure are circulating online, which supposedly allows you to perform such an action. Its essence is as follows: the user pays for the service from a smartphone, and then, through the browser, immediately cancels it - reports an error, something like “a child accidentally pressed.”
Maybe similar manipulations with a free subscription will work the first time, keep in mind that when the developers of the social network suspect you of dishonest actions, your profile may be blocked with all the information on it.
If you are interested in how to gift a VK music subscription to a friend, the only solution is to transfer 149 rubles to his card. After that, he can pay for the music package through Boom himself. Alternatively, a friend can enter your card details when paying. Previously, the social network had an option to transfer votes (the official currency of the site), but today it is disabled. Currently, only gifts and stickers are allowed.
So, now subscribing to VK music is no longer a mystery shrouded in darkness for you, you know everything about it - from cost and connection to unsubscription. We hope you have no more questions, but the decision: to take it or not is up to you!
Boom VKontakte application
There is a special application that allows you to enjoy all the benefits that open up after subscribing. It's called Boom.
By installing it on your phone, you get access to the entire VKontakte music collection. You can download tracks to the application to listen to them without connecting to the network. There are no ads, a lot of different tools for working with multimedia.
You can install Boom from the official group.
https://vk.com/boom
Go there and click on the “Install” button.
Boom app
You will be automatically transferred to the appropriate app store:
- Google Play
- if you are working from an Android device. - iTunes
- if you have an Apple device.
Carry out the installation as usual, then log in to the application using your VKontakte credentials. If a subscription is activated on your account, you can start working.
Subscription
There are several options here:
- Buy a music subscription using the installed application on your mobile phone.
- Install Boom for Android or iOS and register it through this application.
- Go to your page from your computer and have the VKontakte Administration send you a letter with a link. You just have to follow it and complete everything from the VK application on your phone.
From phone
If it is more convenient to subscribe on an Android phone or iPhone, then you only need the VKontakte application. There is no particular difference in the actions performed, so let’s take an Android smartphone as an example.
Open the application and go to your profile. Next, click on the three horizontal stripes in the lower right corner.
Go to Settings - click on the gear in the top right.
From the list of settings that opens, select “Music subscription.”
Below is a description of the benefits received:
- listening without restrictions and advertising;
- saving songs for offline listening in Boom.
The cost of the service is 149 rubles/month, 109.99 UAH/month or $3.99/month for other countries. Before you pay, you will be asked to use your subscription for free. This period is 30 days. During this time, you can evaluate all the pros and cons, whether you need it or can do without it.
If you want to try it, click “Try for free”.
Now look carefully and remember the date on which funds will begin to be debited from you. This is necessary so that later questions do not arise, saying that you did not use it, the 30 days are over, and the money was automatically withdrawn from the account. If you don’t want to renew, you can cancel your subscription on Android or iPhone without any problems.
Click the “Continue” button.
The subscription is linked to the selected account. If you have a card connected to it, then the monthly payment can be paid using it. If there is no card, then you must specify it at this step.
I should immediately note that even after connecting the card, the money will not be withdrawn. All promised 30 days will be free.
Now let's tell you a little about the Boom application. You can download it either from the Play Store or the App Store. It's free. After installation, you need to select a social network (in our case, it’s VK) and log in to your account.
You can subscribe to music there as follows:
- Click on the note below. Then click on the button at the top right and select “Settings” from the list.
- Then click “Select tariff plan”.
- Opposite the inscription “BOOM-VK” click on the button with the price.
- A small window will appear in which you need to click on the button to confirm. It may say “Continue” or “Subscribe”.
After this, a line will appear indicating how many days are left. Audio advertisements will disappear when listening to songs, all songs can be played, and it will be possible to download them to the cache. There are also advantages of the application itself: a convenient player window, the ability to create your own and view playlists of friends and communities, access to new products, broadcast music to status, and the ability to share it with a friend.
From computer
For those who are used to using a computer, you need to do the following. Go to the Music section of your profile. Then click on playback of a song by a popular artist.
If such a window appears, this is what we need. If not, then find another artist.
As you understand, without a subscription the user will not be able to listen to everything. Click "Find out more".
Then click “Subscribe”.
You will be informed that the Administration of the social network has sent a link.
Open the dialogs and you will find a new message in them. It will contain a link. You need to navigate through it from the application installed on your phone. Well, all subsequent steps will need to be done from your smartphone. I wrote about them above.
The advantage of this method is that they will send you a ready-made link and you won’t have to look for where to connect your subscription.
FAQ
Is it possible to use the subscription for free?
Subscription to VKontakte music is free for the first month only. Further payment is required.
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Is it possible to gift a subscription?] There is no such function. But you can always transfer money to a person via VK Pay, thereby giving him the opportunity to subscribe.
Are there discounts and promotional codes?
Yes, there are. Large companies, VKontakte partners, often implement joint promotions with the social network. So, at the time of writing this article, the Mail.ru company provided a promotional code Combo2020, which includes a number of discounts.
What is Boom player
“Boom” is the official music service of the VKontakte social network with millions of performers and various tracks.
There is one way to get this option for free. To do this, you just need to have a megaphone SIM card. The registered tariff is also included. BOOM is provided free of charge, which will allow subscribers to save 149 rubles. monthly.
Today, about 1 million 200 thousand people pay for the service, 318 thousand people use the trial version. The application was launched in 2016 . Many errors, bugs, and shortcomings have already been fixed. Now it is managed by Mail.Ru Group partner - United Media Agency (UMA) . Previously it was called VKontakte Music.
Odnoklassniki users can use this application on par with VKontakte users. It is possible to use the operation for free if you are a member of unlimited music in Mail.Ru Group neighbors.”
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Read the article about ways to unsubscribe from the AppStore on an iPhone.
How to turn off Yandex Music subscription on Android: https://teleconom.ru/advice/otklyuchit-yanduks-muzyku-na-androide.html
Terms of payment
The only condition is to have a bank card with a positive balance for the second month of using the music add-on. The person accepts the offer and agrees to the terms after entering the card details.
Payment is made in advance, that is, the second month of use will be limited until there are enough funds on the plastic card (149 rubles) to be written off towards the provision of the service. In other countries in the CIS (Belarus or Ukraine) a different fee is charged in national currency.
Additionally, a player application can be installed that allows you to organize tracks and group them into albums at your discretion. Although you can pay from the resource used by VK.
conclusions
As you can see, you can disable your subscription in several ways, the main thing is to remember how and where you signed it up through the Play Store, in the boom app, or received it as a gift as part of a promotion. If you don’t remember how you did it, you need to go to the official website vk.com or through the official application (third-party programs like Kate Mobile do not count). There the connection source will be shown where the service is safely disconnected. Write in the comments which method helped you and ask any other questions related to mobile technologies, our team tries to look for relevant materials all year round.
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Why pay for music on VK
On the user side, this need is determined by a number of factors. So, if a person listens to music enthusiastically and for a long time, but at the same time actively uses the VKontakte social network, then he will have to spend money on access to the system. A caveat should be made here, because you will only have to pay for the content that is played through the mobile application. Those who like to use the official version on a desktop computer or laptop are not affected by these changes. Background music remains free during active use.
The fact is that after the screen becomes inactive, playback stops, music is unavailable, and if the user listens for more than 60 minutes a day.
It should be noted that commercials often slip between tracks, which can be quite annoying to the consumer. They are also blocked by payment.
Important! For listening, a special application is installed that allows you to save the desired works to the user’s device.
The resource's management cites a compelling argument for introducing paid content. On the part of the copyright holder, this is a completely legal method of limiting piracy and receiving remuneration for the reproduction of music. Previously, uncontrolled consumption of content could not allow authors and performers to receive legitimate royalties.
