It will be available as an optional upgrade to only the platform's Premium subscription users. Instead, it will be rolled out to select regions when it goes live later this year. During its live Spotify Stream On event today, the streaming music company announced that it will launch Spotify HiFi, a new option for its premium subscribers. Sadly though, Spotify HiFi will not be available to all the users at the time of launch. But, on the plus side, this will put Spotify in a better spot as its current direct rival – Apple Music – has no plans to stream high-resolution music as of now. If Spotify chooses to limit its HiFi mode to 16-bit/44.1kHz audio – implied by 'CD-quality' audio – the streaming service will be at a disadvantage amongst other platforms offering high-resolution audio.įor instance, most of the streaming platforms like Tidal, Amazon, Quobuz, and Deezer already offer high-quality audio that exceeds the technical limits of CD-quality audio. However, the company has not revealed any further details regarding the bitrate or codec of the new listening mode.Ĭurrently, the streaming service uses AAC codec for the web player and Ogg Vorbis on desktop and mobile. It has been in the split testing phase since early 2017.Īccording to Spotify, its new 'high-quality music experience' will enable CD-quality, lossless audio for existing devices along with Spotify Connect-enabled speakers.
Spotify has finally announced its plans to rollout Spotify HiFi, which will enable its users to stream lossless, CD-quality music on their existing devices.
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