Spotify survey
Is lossless streaming important to you?
- Yes, it's indispensable.55%
- No, you can't hear the difference anyway.37%
- I don't know or care, I only listen to vinyl anyway.8%
The competition has ended.
Hi-Fi Spotify: lossless streaming should soon be possible
23.2.2021
Translation: Patrik Stainbrook
Streaming provider Spotify have announced upcoming improvements to their sound quality. The new offering is meant to enable lossless music enjoyment.
Spotify has announced Spotify HiFi. With this offer, their music should soon be streamable in a lossless audio format. Lossless music is already an option with many competitors. Tidal, Deezer, and Amazon have been offering them for a while.
However, better audio quality won't be possible on all playback devices. Spotify claims they're working with well-known audio manufacturers to deliver the improved offer to corresponding devices via Spotify Connect. Spotify hasn't yet revealed which manufacturers these are.
Price and Release are still pending
In their online event, Spotify didn't specify how much improved quality would cost users. Subscriptions without loss cost more with Amazon and Deezer.
Regarding release, Spotify states that the HiFi option should be out in selected countries by the end of 2021. Which countries, however, is still unknown.
Are Apple and Google lagging behind?
Spotify says that better audio quality is one of the features that subscribers most wanted in surveys.
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