According to the weekend’s stories, this could be announced in the next month. Speculating wildly, it appears that more than 18 months after Spotify started discussing its audio plans the company might be ready to pull the trigger–but at twice the price of a regular subscription (i.e. Spotify’s current bitrate is (we think) 320 kbps–which, if you remember burning CDs, is the highest-quality setting for MP3s. Then Amazon Music (“HD Music”) and Apple Music (lossless and Spatial Audio) fired a big salvo across everyone’s bow by offering high-res music at no extra cost for their paid plans.

Tidal was first to offer high-res streaming (for a fee) and was followed by Deezer doing the same. A story in 9to5Mac speculates on the imminent launch of a “Platinum” subscription that will offer better-sounding audio. Eventually, but still coming.Rumours surfaced over the weekend that Spotify may finally be ready to up its game when it comes to audio quality. That said, if you’re waiting for Spotify HiFi to launch, you’ll have to wait a bit more – although it’s coming. The company also complains about Apple and Google’s “abusive” 30% fee for every subscription made within the app.

While Apple Music and Amazon Music can add more features without charging more, since their main businesses don’t come from streaming, Spotify has faced not-so-good quarters due to investments in original content and the low-lucrative business, which is streaming in general. I’m not allowed to comment on our label agreements, nor on what other players in the industry did, for obvious reasons.” The publication tried to get a few more details from Söderström, but he only said, “we want to do it in a way where it works for us from a cost perspective as well. The industry changed, and we had to adapt.” “We are going to do it, but we’re going to do it in a way where it makes sense for us and for our listeners. In an interview with The Verge, Spotify co-president Gustav Söderström has reconfirmed the platform’s commitment to launching the feature. “We announced it, but then the industry changed for a bunch of reasons,” Söderström said on the latest episode of Decoder. Spotify has just confirmed that there are still plans to release hi-fi streaming sometime in the future. Now, in an interview with The Verge, Spotify’s co-president Gustav Söderström talked about the future of HiFi. In these two years, the streaming company bet on original podcasts, revamping some of the buttons, bringing more personalized experiences, and even redesigning the app.

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