Perhaps the forthcoming premium tier is going in another direction, after all. 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 whats not clear is just how much an extra. But we don’t have timing details to share yet.ĬEO Daniel Ek said the delay was down to the service being caught up in licensing negotiations, adding that it was in 'constant dialogue' with music labels about bringing the feature to market. Nine months later, however, all is very quiet again in the Spotify HiFi camp. We feel the same, and we’re excited to deliver a Spotify HiFi experience to Premium users in the future. So if youre wondering whether your audio equipment (and ears) can do justice to higher bitrate tunes, a great way. This is over four times the audio quality of an MP3 file (with a bitrate or 320 kbps). The bitrate of a normal lossless audio track is around 1,411 kbps. Spotify subscription options: 1 month plan - 4.99 per month (4. Spotifys default or 'normal' setting delivers audio with a bitrate 96 kbps. We know that HiFi quality audio is important to you. Spotify Hi-Fi is coming here's everything we know so far (Image credit: Spotify / Apple) Music discovery is one area where pretenders to Spotify's throne are made to look decidedly second-rate. Spotify fans wanting higher quality audio than that offered by its Premium plan were left frustrated at the end of last year when the company's own deadline to deliver HiFi came and went.

That Spotify looks to still be in the stage of collecting user research suggests that this new service, whatever its name and offering, might not materialise for some time yet either.

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