Spotify's HiFi lossless streaming might really, finally, actually be coming soon
We've been waiting for Spotify's lossless streaming for more than four years, but there are some new and promising hints that the feature might finally arrive sometime soon.
The X account for Spicetify, a command-line tool that lets you customize the Spotify client, says that a new version of Spotify includes some hidden mentions of lossless. In a screenshot the account shared, for example, lossless appears in the sidebar to connect a device. Another screenshot shows lossless as an option for streaming quality in the app's settings. The Spicetify account also says it has seen code that lossless will be available on Spotify Connect and in the web player.
To be clear: Spotify's lossless streaming still isn't available yet. But these small lossless mentions and recent reporting indicate that the company may be ready to add lossless at long last.
Spotify initially announced a 'Spotify HiFi' tier in 2021 that it intended to launch that year, but that didn't happen. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said in 2024 that the company was working on a 'deluxe' version of Spotify. And in February, Bloomberg reported that Spotify was aiming to roll out a new 'Music Pro' tier with features like higher-quality streaming by the end of this year. The tier could cost as much as $5.99 per month more than its current subscriptions, Bloomberg says.
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