'HiFi' icon spotted in Spotify's iOS app suggests a Spotify HiFi launch is imminent

[What Hi-Fi?]

A Reddit user apparently noticed the HiFi button in Spotify's iOS app – and has shared details of what happened when they pressed it.

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[Niallivm]

How does this Spotify speculation morph into yet another Tidal promotion from WHF? And why does What Hi-Fi still not acknowledge the serious questions being raised about lossy MQA?

 

[Benet Northcote]

I’ve been thinking about when Spotify will launch their hi-fi tier and I am going to bet that it is on July 30th.
Why?
Well, they announced hi-res with a video from Billie Eilish and Finneas (Stream On: The power of HiFi - Billie Eilish & Finneas - YouTube).
We now know her new album will launch on 30th July (Billie Eilish 'Happier Than Ever' Album Release Date, Track List And All The Details... - Capital). It’s unlikely to launch in low-res, is it? So, probably all go on the same day with a bit of a fanfare. Maybe the album will be exclusive to Spotify? (Ps. I’m not a huge Billie Eilish fan - that’s what my daughters are for - but have been thinking about this).

 

[Niallivm]

Or she could be tied in with Apple Music’s move into Lossless, High Res and Spatial Audio this month - Eilish’s movie is an Apple TV+ exclusive (https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/billi...ttle-blurry/umc.cmc.5waz3hfo9r1133t8arap8b6nq).

 

[Benet Northcote]

This is true... I need to find a hifi obsessed bookmaker to offer me odds...

 

[jimmyvail]

It's August. So much for imminent.