![]() ![]() Then you'll be able to listen to Spotify HiFi on your streaming device and your Spotify Connect enabled devices, although many of these may require an update to enable the new service. (unless their competition's no-extra-charge for lossless forces Spotify to add HiFi to the Premium tier). You'll need to upgrade from Spotify Premium to Spotify HiFi - and the cost of this is not yet clear, but it's likely to be a tier above their current Premium plan. ![]() Are we one of them? Previously their staged rollouts have focused on the US and Europe first of all, but we're crossing fingers for a global launch. Spotify have said it's launching in 'select markets' first. You don’t need to be particularly well versed in audio bitrates to see that there is plenty of room for Spotify to up its audio game. Will it launch in Australia at the same time as Europe / USA? Tidal’s 19.99 (19.99) per month HiFi tier offers 1411kbps CD streams, with its hi-res Masters again offering much higher quality than that. The plan at this stage is for Spotify HiFi to be CD quality, lossless audio - so not hi-res audio but still a significant step up from the lossy MP3 compression Spotify currently uses. However, unlike most of its competitors, it lacks high-resolution. At present their MP3 streaming maxes out at 320kbps, which is fine for casual listening but those of us with quality audio systems want to get as much out of them as possible - hence the excitement! Spotify is the worlds leading music streaming service and in many ways the best one. Spotify HiFi delivers CD-quality sound through the use of lossless codecs. We can't help thinking that Apple Music and Amazon Music both adding lossless audio at no extra cost has put a spanner in the works for Spotify - nixing their plans to make Spotify HiFi a step above Premium at an extra cost. The Verge also reports that Spotify have already re-encoded their music files with the lossless codec, and that Spotify employees have access to Spotify HiFi. The industry changed and we had to adapt.”, he said. “We are going to do it, but we’re going to do it in a way where it makes sense for us and for our listeners. But in more positive news Spotify's Co-President Gustav Soderstrom recently told The Verge that it is definitely still coming: published 15 October 2022 Lots of goodies included Spotify HiFi could be on the way at last (Image credit: Spotify) Spotify HiFi was announced all the way back in February 2021, and although. We were hoping for an announcement at Spotify's Stream On event in March this year but that didn't happen either. Now here we are in May 2023 and still no Spotify Hi Fi. The next question is how many people are actually going to pay for it.Spotify announced Spotify HiFi way back in February 2021, but with no release date other than 'some time in 2021'. Spotify itself has seemed uncertain about when exactly Spotify HiFi was due to launch, and it seems as though that question is about to be answered. Getting existing or new subscribers to pay double the going rate every month would absolutely boost the finances of the streaming service as well. ![]() We've seen Spotify expanding its reach into podcasts and audiobooks in recent years, as it looks to entice in more monthly subscribers. Exactly what Library Pro, Playlist Pro and the other features are remains to be seen, but they must refer to extra functionality of some kind. The lossless, CD-quality audio that has been promised by Spotify HiFi will bring it more into line with services such as Apple Music and Tidal, but what's not clear is just how much an extra level of audio fidelity matters to the average Spotify subscriber.Īsking users to double their monthly payment is going to be a tough sell – if indeed that is how the pricing ends up – and adding in some additional features is certainly going to sweeten the deal. If the information in the resubscribe email is correct, then we don't have long to wait to know for sure – and as soon as Spotify makes any kind of official announcement, you will of course be able to read about it here. Their competition released it as free thus neutralizing Spotify’s ability to upsell. If you have a premium Spotify account, a high quality headphone amplifier/DAC such as Apogee Groove and hi-fidelity headphones like Sennheisers HD-650. With that in mind, it's possible that the powers-that-be at Spotify feel they need to offer more to justify a price hike. Spotify wanted to roll it out as a way to double dip into already paying customers (get existing customers to pay more). The email in question also said that the subscription tiers would be available in the next 30 days, suggesting that we're going to see Spotify HiFi rolling out inside a month – potentially with this new Platinum label attached to it.Īpple Music already includes Lossless audio and the Spatial Audio feature as part of a standard $9.99 / £9.99 / AU$11.99 subscription. ![]()
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