Spotify Hi-Fi it was first announced in February 2021. The same company described it as a new feature that will improve the sound quality of songs, there will be no loss in audio fidelity. This is an interesting addition, as HiFi promises sound transmission that has the same sound detail as the source.
This new addition to the platform is good news for all music lovers, the tracks will sound better than ever.
The difference that Spotify HiFi offers is that the user would hear the music as the artist intended it to be heard, even the slightest effect will be present. Currently, Spotify streams audio at 320 Kbps in Ogg Vorbis format, which doesn’t play the music like the original and has many shortcomings. This is because the song is compressed, which leaves an immense amount of production detail and sound mixing in the way of preserving bandwidth on top of everything else.
When will Spotify HiFi come out?
Right now, there is no official date confirmed by Spotify, but it is expected to arrive soon, before the end of 2022. What has been confirmed is the price of the plan, which will cost 20 euros per month. It has also been said that the function would be part of another package that would be called “Spotify Platinum”, although this has not yet been confirmed by the company.
Also, the new plan of the platform will include other interesting functions, such as a tool to experiment with the studio sound of the tracks, headphone tuner to achieve the highest possible audio quality, audio perspectives, professional library, professional playlist and podcasts with limited advertising.
Finally, the executive director of the company, Daniel Ek, has pointed out that the immense delay of Spotify HiFi is due to how complex it is to negotiate the licenses of the songs so that they come out in that format within the application. According to the director, the dialogue with some record companies is a process that has taken years to complete, although now it seems that Spotify HiFi will become a reality in the short term.
