#SPOTIFY HIFI LOSSLESS YEAR PRO#

During its live Spotify Stream On event today, the streaming music company announced that it will launch. Lossless streaming, the brand says, is one of its users’ top requested features and one which Amazon and Tidal have offered for some time. Variety will have more on the situation as it develops. Spotify will add a lossless hi-fi option later this year.

While it’s fair to say that audio quality is not a huge priority for a majority of the generation of music fans raised on playing music over the internet, it’s the kind of thing that once you’ve experienced, you never want to go back.

#SPOTIFY HIFI LOSSLESS YEAR PRO#

As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, Apple is also rumored to have new AirPods Pro 2 coming later this year that support wireless Lossless playback. While it had initially said there would be a higher pricing tier, Apple’s move may have complicated that plan. Spotify announced its plans for Spotify HiFi with characteristic fanfare during a press conference nearly a year ago. Spotify first announced Spotify HiFi nearly a year ago, with the streamer promising that it wouldat lastbring CD-quality, lossless audio to subscribers. Amazon offers its lossless plan for 14.99 per month (or 12.99 for Prime. Amazon Music, the third-largest streaming service in the world followed a few months later Apple Music, the second-largest, announced Spatial and Lossless Audio last May, for no additional cost. The new tier will finally see the service go up against Amazon and Tidal, both of which offer lossless audio plans. Comments (0) (Image credit: Shutterstock) Spotify's long-awaited HiFi tier. Spotify has been lapped by virtually every other major streaming service in the high-quality audio stakes: Tidal and Deezer have both offered it for years and Qobuz, a French high-quality-only service, launched in the U.S. Spotify HiFi won't be with us for a while yet, as company delays its lossless tier roll out.

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