Stream On: Spotify announces new HiFi sound quality

[MattSuda]

(Photo Source: Jan Hammershaug)

During Spotify's Stream On event it was announced that starting later this year, Premium subscribers will be able to upgrade their sound quality to Spotify HiFi and listen to music the way artists intended, in CD-quality, lossless audio via their devices and Spotify Connect-enabled speakers. High fidelity sound will offer more depth and clarity while you are enjoying your favorite songs.

Lossless quality has been one of the most requested features here in the Spotify Community, and now it is becoming a reality.

I think I speak for everyone with high fidelity music equipment that this update coming to Spotify is a huge deal. We have been wanting this quality for some time and it's a joy to hear that it's going to be happening. The music will sound closer to the original recording. I have a high fidelity sound system in my living room and for my computer and being able to hear more depth and clarity when listening to music will be greatly appreciated.

Spotify HiFi will start rolling out in select markets later this year. More details on the launch are coming soon, so stay tuned.

Check out this news article for more information:

Five Things to Know About Spotify HiFi

[hans-jürgen]

By the way, this will also be interesting for Last.fm users who would like to listen to their personalised radio stations or any other Last.fm content with lossless streaming, as Spotify Playback is already possible on Last.fm for Spotify Premium users.

The current drawback is that it stops if the suggested track from the radio algorithm is not available and/or the Spotify playlink is not known in Last.fm yet. But you can add playlinks to YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music on each Last.fm track page since last year, so that issue can at least be mitigated.

[Flanstario1]

when the features spotify HIFI available for me and i've be to free user. 

why the free user is not the quality cd audio on desktop spotify.

[D1N0]

@Flanstario1 because musicians need to eat to and $10 a month is really a rip off (the artist being ripped off here) if it gets you access to all the music you can ever think off and much more. It is not like Spotify makes a lot of money of free users. Advertisers know these are not the spending people they want to reach. 

[moluv4nyc]

Will the HiFi option require labels and artists to re-upload their catalogs in a different format or at a higher bitrate?

[Flanstario1]

Spotify doesn't improve the experience for the free user. which are the  benefit for free user ?

i'm a free user and i dont have benefit on the app desktop. when spotify then improve the quality sound for free user.