by Spotify confirmed that the HiFi lossless, high-quality sound version of the platform is still standing and will “come at some point”, noting that It was not released earlier because “the industry changed and we had to adapt.”
In that sense, the streaming music and podcast platform announced in February 2021 that it would launch a high-quality version known as Spotify HiFi. This novelty is characterized by incorporating an audio format with CD quality and without loss.
However, later, in January 2022, Spotify reported that it had no details on when high-quality audio would arrive on the platform, delaying this quality indefinitely.
Now, as stated by the co-president of Spotify, Gustav Söderström, in an interview with The Verge, the HiFi version is still on the way and has not been released during these years because “the industry changed for various reasons”.
In this sense, Söderström has clarified that Spotify HiFi will be launched, that “it will arrive at some point”, but that it will do it in a way that “makes sense” to both the company and the listeners. Thus, he has stressed that in case of launching it also has to “work” from the perspective of costs.
As The Verge has learned, this high-quality version of Spotify has been ready to launch on the market for more than a year. However, it was planned to be introduced in a subscription plan with a higher cost than the standard plan.
In addition to all this, it must be taken into account that other streaming music platforms already have this technology such as Apple Music or Amazon Music, that offer high-quality, lossless sound at no additional cost to the user.
Spotify reveals its new design that incorporates artificial intelligence
Spotify has announced a new interface design with which it incorporates new features such as ‘Smart Shuffle‘ waves ‘preview‘ of playlists or ‘playlists’, albums and podcasts, in order to make more artists and creators known to its more than 500 million monthly active users.
The audio platform in ‘streaming‘ has announced these new features at the ‘Stream On 2023’ event, which took place this Thursday in Los Angeles (United States) and has brought together artists, composers, ‘podcasters‘, content creators “from around the world” to publicize the new tools.
In this sense, Spotify is committed to discovering talent in its new interface, which includes new visual elements and an interactive design. In this way, it aims to “foster deeper and lasting connections between creators and listeners.”
Spotify has announced a new interface design with which it incorporates new features such as ‘Smart Shuffle‘ waves ‘preview‘ of playlists or ‘playlists’, albums and podcasts, in order to make more artists and creators known to its more than 500 million monthly active users.
The audio platform in ‘streaming‘ has announced these new features at the ‘Stream On 2023’ event, which took place this Thursday in Los Angeles (United States) and has brought together artists, composers, ‘podcasters‘, content creators “from around the world” to publicize the new tools.
In this sense, Spotify is committed to discovering talent in its new interface, which includes new visual elements and an interactive design. In this way, it aims to “foster deeper and lasting connections between creators and listeners.”
The songs included in the lists can be played randomly by activating the button of this functionality in the upper right part. Now, by pressing this same button, the option to activate intelligent shuffling is also offered, with which Spotify will enter new songs in the queue of the ‘playlist‘ based on the user’s tastes and the type of music on the list.
another of the new features is the introduction of ‘previews‘ of ‘playlists‘, albums and podcast. On the home screen, users will be able to access the ‘Music’ or ‘Podcast & Shows’ tabs, located at the top, to discover personalized previews for each user.
*With information from Europa Press.
