Spotify is readying launch of Spotify Hi-Fi premium tier

Spotify

Spotify is readying the launch of a new tier which should offer “lossless CD quality audio“. Called “Spotify Hi-Fi“, the new service would make Spotify compete more directly with Tidal, the only service which currently features lossless music streaming.

The company, along with names such as Pandora, revolutionized the way we consume music: instead of buying records, we stream them through the Internet. One of the complaints which have emerged, especially in recent years, is the low audio quality of the compressed tracks Spotify streams. The new Spotify Hi-Fi would put an end to this situation.

Spotify Hi-Fi

Spotify is currently asking a few selected users whether they would like to upgrade to this new premium tier, which also implies a premium in price: the company is doing A/B testing, so that some are offered just lossless streaming for 10$ a month and others are offered a free vinyl on top of that for just 5$.

The news comes after both the major browsers, Chrome and Firefox, introduced FLAC support. While technical details have obviously not been disclosed at this time, I think there is a little bit of a chance the service will take advantage of the new browsers’ capabilities with lossless formats.

Spotify is not yet activating the service, as those who tried to subscribe to the new tier got an error message. There is currently no information on when Spotify Hi-Fi will launch and in which countries it will be available.

Source

About Riccardo Robecchi

Living in Glasgow, Scotland but born and raised near Milan, Italy, I got the passion for music listening as a legacy from my father and my grandfather. I have reported on technology for major Italian publications since 2011.

Leave a Reply

Did you like the review? Let me know! Please note that you should write in English, as comments in other languages will be deleted. Thank you!

 

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.