Spotify code suggests HiFi tier is coming with lossless audio for $20 / month

Spotify’s long-awaited HiFi tier might lastly be getting nearer to launch. Code throughout the Spotify app reveals new particulars in regards to the “Supremium” tier, which might characteristic 24-bit lossless audio, the flexibility to create playlists with AI, and extra, as noticed by u/Hypixely on Reddit.

Spotify first introduced the dearer HiFi tier in February 2021, however the characteristic has been caught in limbo since then. The final we heard in regards to the tier was in June of this yr when a Bloomberg report discovered Spotify had rebranded the HiFi tier as “Supremium.” The Redditor’s findings corroborate this declare, as they are saying Spotify now refers back to the audio as lossless with “no lag and delays.”

Moreover, the Redditor discovered that the Supremium tier might characteristic 30 hours of audiobook listening every month, together with the flexibility to type your library by temper, exercise, and style.

The app’s code additionally mentions superior mixing instruments, permitting you to customise the order of playlists by beats per minute, allow clean transitions between songs, and filter songs in a playlist by temper or style. There’s even a “soundcheck” characteristic that allows you to “study extra about your listening habits and uncover what mixture of sounds is uniquely you.”

After digging into the app’s code some extra, the Redditor found that the worth of Supremium is listed at $19.99 per thirty days, though they warn it “might simply be a placeholder.” Nonetheless, the pricing tracks with a few of the different proof we’ve seen. Final yr, a Spotify survey talked about a $19.99 “Platinum” tier that would come with HiFi and different options. Spotify didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark.

With Spotify’s current Premium plan priced at $10.99, it’s not clear whether or not HiFi audio, AI playlists, and a few of the different options discovered within the code are sufficient to draw its customers to a $19.99 per thirty days value tier. In spite of everything, Apple Music and Amazon Music each supply lossless audio inside their current plans at no added value.