Nearly a year later, though, and there is no sign of the tier despite (or, perhaps, because) Apple Music adding hi-res music for no extra cost, and Amazon Music lowering the price of its own HD tier in response. “Later this year we’ll be launching a new subscription offering, Spotify HiFi,” said co-head of music Jeremy Erlich during the online presentation, which enlisted Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas to promote it. It’s also a warning to Apple Music: Cupertino's music service has long been rumored to be gaining a lossless streaming option, But Apple will need to be quick to avoid getting left behind on HD audio.Spotify announced plans for a higher-quality audio tier in February 2021 during its ‘Stream On’ event.
Hopefully, more details will emerge shortly, as Spotify HiFi is shaping up to be an exciting (if long overdue) addition to music streaming. Spotify also explained that “HiFi will be coupled with Spotify’s seamless user experience, building on our commitment to make sure users can listen to the music they love in the way they want to enjoy it.” So familiar features like personalized playlists, offline playback and easy music sharing could all carry over to Spotify HiFi. Still, given the enormity of this library, it’s probably a good bet that Spotify HiFi will eventually end up with a catalog of lossless songs that could rival the more established Amazon Music HD and Tidal. And not every song currently in Spotify’s library will be available in HD format. So this announcement is likely to go down well with the more audiophiliac portions of the service’s massive user base, even if pricing and release date details remain unknown.Īs with Amazon Music HD, it seems that Spotify HiFi will require a separate, likely more expensive subscription to the existing $10-per-month Premium tier.
It has been notably absent from Spotify’s toolbox until now.
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