New leaks present person interface for Spotify’s lossless audio

This morning, The Verge reported {that a} Redditor has leaked photographs of Spotify’s UI for lossless audio. These leaks come after many, a few years of Spotify saying lossless is coming, with no indication of when it will truly come. The Redditor who leaked this, u/OhItsTom, thinks this implies it will be “undoubtedly this yr,” in keeping with a remark left on the publish.

In a single screenshot, the UI exhibits a lossless streaming high quality choice of as much as 1,440 kbps, considerably larger than Spotify’s present cap of 320 kbps. Within the subsequent screenshot, it exhibits streaming high quality as much as 2117 kbps, and FLAC high quality streaming at 24-bit/44.1kHz, which it says might be out there for restricted songs.

u/OhItsTom by way of Reddit

The leaks additionally present a compatibility checker to inform the person if their system, connection sort, and bandwidth permits them to play lossless audio, together with info containers in regards to the circumstances for lossless listening, together with that Bluetooth units will not totally help lossless audio.

u/OhItsTom by way of Reddit

Different commenters have been capable of entry the identical info when following the directions offered by u/OhItsTom, however have been unable to play any audio, so it is all visible for now. In response to the leaker, Spotify workers are in a position to make use of lossless audio, and we have heard as a lot in previous reporting.

Whether or not or not this truly signifies that Spotify might be releasing their lossless tier this yr stays to be seen, since there aren’t any precise indicators within the leaked screenshots of when it will be launched. We have now seen it change from being known as Spotify Hello-Fi, to different leaks reported on by The Verge in 2021 displaying a really costly “Supremium” tier that would come with lossless audio for $19.99, to more moderen leaks from April 2024 displaying an add-on known as “Music Professional” which would come with lossless audio and different options like remixing.

Now that we’re seeing precise UI leaks, we may very well be nearer than ever to really getting lossless audio, a few years after different streaming providers already launched it. For reference, Amazon Music Limitless has had lossless audio since 2019, out there as a part of its common subscription plan for $9.99 per 30 days, Apple Music added it in 2021 as a part of its $10.99 base subscription, and TIDAL added it in 2021 in addition to a part of its $20 HiFi Plus tier, although Tidal just lately merged lossless audio into its base plan, making it extra accessible at $10.99 per 30 days.

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Hopefully we’ll get extra info quickly from Spotify on when lossless is coming and the way a lot it will value, and get extra info on if it even finally ends up being a part of a special paid tier for Spotify premium. Spotify has been significantly lagging behind on getting lossless audio to its customers, and individuals are getting antsy. Will 2024 be the yr we lastly see it occur?

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