Instead, Spotify provided an update on its community forums that suggests HiFi i isn’t close to launching. Spotify is yet to comment on any of this speculation, though the email received by that ex-subscriber implied Platinum would be launching imminently.At the time, Spotify said that HiFi would launch “later this year” and that it would have “more details to share soon.” Yet we’ve started a whole new year, and Spotify HiFi is still nowhere to be seen.Ī few days ago, the company made one of its first comments about lossless since its original announcement. Which is presumably why Spotify Platinum, although making HiFi available for the first time, will also seemingly include other added value benefits.
This means many of Spotify’s rivals already provide higher quality audio in their standard packages. But then Apple decided that higher quality audio should be part of the standard package, making it harder for other services to charge extra. Of course, there was a time when higher quality audio was seen as a feature that could command a higher subscription price than the standard 9.99 a month, and initially that’s what Tidal, and then Deezer and Amazon, did. There have been rumours for years now that Spotify would eventually follow the lead of most of its competitors and make higher quality audio available, and at an event in February 2021 the company specifically promised that development – aka Spotify HiFi – was in the pipeline. The extra features promised in this email apparently include: “HiFi, Studio Sound, Headphone Tuner, Audio Insights, Library Pro, Playlist Pro and limited-ad Spotify podcasts”. According to 9to5Mac, that correspondence asked the ex-subscriber if he might consider signing up to Spotify once again if he had access to a number of new features that will be available as part of a $19.99 a month Platinum plan. This is all based on correspondence seemingly received by a person who recently cancelled their Spotify subscription. There was speculation this weekend that Spotify might be getting ready to launch a new ‘Platinum’ subscription package that would be double the price but which will include higher-quality audio.
Business News Digital Spotify might be about to launch platinum level with higher quality audio By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 17 October 2022
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