
The lossless service, notably, came at no additional cost to its users and began the following month. Soon after Spotify’s Stream On event, however, Apple Music entered the high fidelity race by announcing its “Spatial Audio” tier with Dolby Atmos on the morning of May 17, 2021. Amazon followed in 2019 when it launched Amazon Music HD, a new high definition tier that offered 50 million songs in what they called “HD” (16 bit, 44.1kHz, similar to the audio quality of a CD) and “millions” in Ultra HD (24-bit and up to 192 kHz) for an additional cost of $5 per month for existing Amazon Music subscribers. Spotify’s plans for a hi-fi tier were in keeping with industry trends, beginning in 2015 when Tidal launched with a hi-fi audio plan for $19.99 a month.
Spotify HiFi will begin rolling out in select markets later this year, and we will have more details to share soon. 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.
Ubiquity is at the core of everything we do at Spotify, and we’re working with some of the world’s biggest speaker manufacturers to make Spotify HiFi accessible to as many fans as possible through Spotify Connect.
Spotify HiFi will deliver music in CD-quality, lossless audio format to your device and Spotify Connect-enabled speakers, which means fans will be able to experience more depth and clarity while enjoying their favorite tracks. High-quality music streaming is consistently one of the most requested new features by our users. The February announcement included “five things you need to know” about the forthcoming experience: 2021 during the company’s Stream On event and promoted by Billie Eilish and Finneas, the industry juggernaut was working to launch the high fidelity tier at an undisclosed additional price to premium subscribers “later year.” However, 2021 came and went with no further details of the launch, apart from an app glitch, caught by Reddit user “ themonarc,” who posted a screenshot of a HiFi button displayed on his screen. Beninese-Nigerian Rising Star Ayra Starr Gets Spotlight From Spotify RADAR Global ProgramĪnnounced in Feb.