![]() Apple has essentially forced Spotify’s hand to offer CD-quality streaming without wringing more money from customers. It’s possible that Spotify has had second thoughts about launching the feature - or at least is no longer in a rush to deliver it… There’s no longer any financial incentive. Apple Music rolled out lossless and hi-res playback in June, offering the improved audio quality at no extra charge. Meanwhile, Spotify’s competitors didn’t wait around. Over the next 10 months, those details never came. Spotify HiFi, first announced all the way back in February, has yet to roll out despite the company’s early estimate that it would debut “later this year.” At the time, Spotify said HiFi would be available in select markets and that the company would “have more details to share soon.” ![]() “Spotify HiFi,” first announced by the company in February is still M.I.A., perhaps because Spotify intended on charging extra for it until the learned of Apple’s plan to provide Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio to subscribers for free. ![]() Apple Music delivered industry-leading sound quality to subscribers with the addition of high quality Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos in June 2021 at no additional cost. ![]()
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