Spotify, the Swedish music streaming and podcast platform, recently announced a Platinum plan that would offer “Hi-Fi quality,” meaning high-fidelity audio. Although it was scheduled to go into effect in 2021, there has been no indication that it has started to work.
According to reports, the new plan would be worth $ 20 per month and would include a number of improvements over the free and Premium. A social network user Reddit (@nearlymind) commented on this in a post where he explained that after he unsubscribed from the Premium plan, the platform asked him to complete a survey asking him “if it would change to Spotify platinum in the ‘next 30 days’ “, according to Página 12.
He then shared a screenshot of the comparison between the plans. There you can read about new benefits such as Hi-Fi quality, studio sound, headphone tuner, audio information, professional libraries and playlists, and limited podcast ads.
Apparently this is an improvement that offers a higher sound quality than that used in the other floors, which have a higher degree of compression (and, therefore, of information loss). In this way, the resulting audio would be of audio quality. CD, the best standard that can be achieved in the digital realm. This actually existed before and there have been platforms that have been using this option since day zero like tide y Qobuz.
It is worth remembering Spotify has delayed its plans for this Hi-Fi version by almost a year. Everything indicates they were under control when Apple Music offered the ability to play music in that quality and with Dolby Atmos without having to pay any kind of extras. However, this was disproved when the Spotify CEO stated it was unavailable due to licensing issues.
