Why is it so hard for “professional” writers to get a grip on real facts when they write about the latest marketing initiative pushed the hardware and software companies (actually it’s been around for almost 20 years but only recently seems to be getting some traction). Spotify has only confirmed that HiFi will be available in select markets from later this year, and says more details are coming soon.The news this week included the announcement by Spotify is upgrading the fidelity of their music streams to “CD-quality.” I watched a video by John Darko, read the press release about Spotify Hi-Fi and another article on CEPro by Robert Archer, and was so thoroughly disgusted at the inaccuracies included in a piece titled “ High-resolution audio: everything you need to know” written by Verity Burns and Becky Roberts on WhatHiFi that I had to post a lengthy comment pointing out a few of the issues. But for perspective, rival service Tidal offers its own high-fidelity plan for $19.99 USD a month, while Amazon sells its own HD music plan for $14.99 a month. The company refrained from saying how much Spotify HiFi will add to a customer’s monthly subscription. “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,” the company added. The lossless audio quality will also work via Spotify Connect-enabled speakers. Currently, Spotify tops out at 320kbps audio. Listeners will be able to access their improved digital music library through their device and Spotify Connect-enabled speakers. Spotify HiFi will provide subscribers with “music in CD-quality lossless audio format,” according to the Swedish company.

Cryptically, Spotify also said that it’s working with “some of the world’s biggest speaker manufacturers” to make sure Spotify HiFi is “accessible to as many fans as possible.” Once it’s live, Spotify HiFi users will be able to listen to lossless audio on their devices and any Spotify Connect-enabled speakers. Spotify announced today that it plans to release Spotify HiFi, a lossless audio tier of its music streaming service, sometime in 2021.Īccording to Spotify, high-fidelity audio is “consistently one of the most requested new features” by users.

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