This has led to much speculation, with many people setting the mark before the end of the year.īut the more important question is whether the service will be available worldwide or only to specific countries. But even the announcement was sparse and did not give any details as to the official release date. Spotify was expected to release a lossless streaming service years ago, but it took them over four years to finally make the announcement. Spotify Hi-Fi Release Date and Pricing Photo by Spotify via Spotify Official Website But of course, it’s still an advantage to have equipment such as surround-sound headphones specially built for the purpose. This tells us that you probably won’t need expensive headphones to stream Spotify Hi-Fi. At least, we know that the service will be available across multiple devices, including the Spotify Connect smart speakers. The company has been tight-lipped about a lot of details, but they did reveal one thing. The Spotify HiFi release date is still yet to be announced. Now, the time has come for Spotify to take center stage and dive into the world of lossless audio.
Apple, which used to deliver only lossy music streams, announced back in May that it would offer lossless audio all the way up to 24-bit/192kHz (which is considered high-resolution audio, rather than “CD-quality” or 16-bit/44.1kHz audio) along with Dolby Atmos-powered spatial audio, all for the same price as its standard music streaming tiers.Īt the same time, Amazon announced that it would drop the premium pricing rates for its lossless, high-resolution, and spatial audio music tracks, essentially offering the same pricing structure as Apple.For years, listeners have hounded the company with requests for “high-quality music streaming.” Spotify has also had to deal with its competitors such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Tidal, embracing the trend ahead of itself. In the meantime, other streaming music services have leapfrogged Spotify as far as audio quality goes.
But the service has yet to materialize, and Spotify’s audio streams still max out at only 320Kbps in the lossy Ogg Vorbis format. Spotify first announced Spotify HiFi nearly a year ago, with the streamer promising that it would–at last–bring “CD-quality, lossless audio” to subscribers.Īt the time, Spotify said that Spotify HiFi would arrive “this year,” meaning sometime in 2021.
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