Not much incentive for Apple to offer Hi-Res when you look at the technical constraints. The only top-flight streaming service without a lossless tier? Apple Music, but then again all of Apple’s AirPods range are limited to the AAC codec, which has a max bitrate of 250kbps over Apple’s Bluetooth implementation. With fierce competition in the streaming space, Spotify is late to the party with higher quality recordings, but this might be more about keeping existing subscribers, who might jump ship to competing services from Tidal, Amazon Music HD, or even Qobuz.
That’s perhaps unsurprising, as the service tops out at 320kbps currently. Spotify takes requests for new features from its subscribers, and higher-quality streaming is apparently one of most requested. It’ll only be available in “select markets” at launch, which probably just means the US and UK, with maybe Canada getting some HiFi love. Now, before you get all giddy, Spotify hasn’t announced exactly when the HiFi tier will arrive, or how much it will cost over your normal subscription.
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