As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, Apple is rumored to have a new Airpods Pro 2 coming later this year that suppose to make up for the wireless lossless playback. Appleâ€™s announcement to launch it with no extra costs complicated the scenario. Initially, they offered it under a higher pricing tier. Spotify has announced the same, the plans for Spotify HiFi with characteristic fanfare during a press conference nearly a year ago, last February. The second-largest music streaming platform Apple Music has announced the addition of Spatial and Lossless Audio and lossless Support last May with no additional cost. in early 2009.Īmazon Music the third-largest streaming service in the world followed the same path within a few months.

Qobuz a French high-quality service provider launched it only in the U.S. Tidal and Deezer have both offered it for years now. The openness with which the statement was conveyed made the users more agitated.Īll the other major streaming services have outdistanced Spotify in high-quality audio services. This reply did not placate or satisfy the users. They further added that â€˜we will of course update when we canâ€™. But we donâ€™t have timing details to share yetâ€™. We feel the same, and weâ€™re excited to deliver Spotify HiFi experience to Premium users in the future. They conveyed that, â€˜we know that HiFi quality audio is important to you. The company responded to these comments by saying that they do not have any update on when the new tier will be available for the listeners. Responding to a thread of comments on its community website, where several Spotify users voiced their anger and frustration for this delay. And to top it off the officials conveyed that the launch is postponed indefinitely. And that left its premium users agitated.

Even in December, there was no trace of Spotify HiFi, anywhere. Spotify has announced that the high-quality audio tier, Spotify HiFi was supposed to launch in some selective markets in November 2021.

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