Of course, it’s not like Spotify has been sitting on its hands all year. Qobuz, for example, lowered its Qobuz Studio plan from $15 a month to $13/month, while Tidal recently bowed a cheaper CD-quality tier for $10 a month in addition to its $20/month high-resolution streaming plan. With Apple and Amazon bringing lossless music streaming to the masses for no extra charge, hi-fi music streamers that were charging a premium for CD-quality and high-resolution audio tracks had to rejigger their plans. (Lossless streaming was brand-new to Apple Music, while Amazon had previously been charging extra for its lossless music tracks.)īesides simply offering CD-quality lossless music tracks, Apple and Amazon also boast a couple of additional features that (for now) go beyond the scope of Spotify’s announced HiFi service: support for high-resolution (or 24-bit) audio, as well as spatial audio powered by Dolby Atmos and (on Amazon Music) Sony’s 360 Reality Audio technology.
Apple and Amazon made the biggest splash back in May, with the two companies rolling out lossless music streaming at no extra charge for paid subscribers. In the meantime, Spotify’s competitors have made some major moves in the lossless audio department.
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