With the path to charging more for a hi-res tier seemingly closed off by rivals, the extra time may be needed for Spotify to figure out how to differentiate its HD offering. “But we don’t have timing details to share yet.” Spotify has announced a new lossless streaming tier that will be available in select markets later this year. We feel the same, and we’re excited to deliver a Spotify HiFi experience to Premium users in the future,” explained their response to a thread discussing the delay. “We know that HiFi quality audio is important to you. Spotify hasn’t discussed the delay to Spotify HiFi publicly, but now a moderator on its community forums has. The music and podcast streaming empire announced Monday that, at an unspecified date later this year, Spotify users will be able to upgrade to a membership tier that includes lossless audio. Nearly a year later, though, and there is no sign of the tier despite (or, perhaps, because) Apple Music adding hi-res music for no extra cost, and Amazon Music lowering the price of its own HD tier in response. “Later this year we’ll be launching a new subscription offering, Spotify HiFi,” said co-head of music Jeremy Erlich during the online presentation, which enlisted Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas to promote it. Spotify announced plans for a higher-quality audio tier in February 2021 during its ‘Stream On’ event.

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