Spotify HiFi lossless audio could appear as a new Music Pro feature
We’ve been dreaming of listening to lossless audio through Spotify ever since the music streaming service announced plans for Spotify HiFi in February 2021. More than three years later, the upgrade may finally come, with a new name.
Thanks to some diligent digging into the Spotify for Android code by user Hypixely Reddit (through The edge), we now have evidence of an unannounced Spotify feature called Music Pro, which Spotify describes as an add-on.
With mentions of “16-bit and 24-bit Hi-Fi sound” and “Lossless listening” in the code, this certainly sounds like Spotify HiFi. Apparently, advanced mixing tools and playlist filtering features will also be included.
There are no hints as to price or when we might see this, but all indications are that a new Music Pro add-on will be available for Spotify soon, including goodies like lossless audio and the advanced remix tools we reported on yesterday. .
Spotify takes its time
In the words of the Beatles, it’s been a long and winding road to get to this point. Since Spotify HiFi was originally announced in 2021 (and promised for later that year), we’ve had so little official news about it that we were prepared to declare the project dead.
However, insider leaks and hidden code discovered in the Spotify apps have previously rekindled our hopes. In the past there has been talk of a new ‘Supremium’ plan, which now appears to have changed to Music Pro.
Code discovered in September 2023 indicated a fee of $20 (about £16 / AU$31) per month, with extras such as AI playlist generation (since launched in beta for Premium subscribers), new ways to browse your playlists, and more personalized music summaries.
Spotify is clearly keen to extract more money from its users, and audiophiles could well be tempted to pounce on Music Pro if it has enough appeal. This should all be made official sooner rather than later…we hope.