And we’re interested in, obviously, how we can use that as one tool to, in the future, increase our value even further.” “But it has value to more aficionados in the streaming market. “HiFi remains something that we think has value,” he said. (Apple doesn’t release subscriber numbers, but estimates put Apple Music numbers somewhere around 20% of Spotify.)Įk did barely touch on the idea of a lossless tier in the second-quarter earnings call, further slow-rolling things.
And maybe it doesn’t need to, given that it’s larger than the competitors that do have high-res options - namely Apple Music. The lack of lossless news isn’t all that surprising given that Spotify obviously hasn’t been in a hurry to roll it out. But the third-quarter news came and went without any real movement. There has been some chatter of late of a “Super Premium” tier that could be priced around $20 a month. Still absent, however, was any talk of the long-awaited “lossless CD-quality” streaming option Spotify announced in February 2021.
And Spotify was quick to talk up improvements for users, including the Spotify apps themselves, as well as content like books and podcasts. Spotify’s hi-fi lossless tier could arrive this year - as a paid upgrade Tidal’s new hi-res FLAC option couldn’t be more annoying No, Apple Music’s new Discovery Station won’t kill Spotify
