Spotify's lossless audio streaming may be provided with the more expensive paid plan 'Spotify Supreme'
Spotify, a music distribution service, is reportedly considering streaming lossless sound sources in 2021, but at the time of writing, lossless streaming is not yet available. According to the IT news site The Verge, Spotify may offer more expensive paid plans in the future, which may offer lossless streaming.
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In 2021, it was reported that Spotify is introducing a lossless streaming feature.
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In a March 2023 interview with The Verge, Spotify co-president Gustav Söderström said, ``Lossless streaming is still in development, but we plan to offer it eventually.'' However, at the time of writing the article, lossless streaming services are not yet available.
The Verge believes that one of the reasons Spotify is having trouble providing lossless streaming is that ``Spotify's financial scale is different from competing services like Apple and Amazon.'' Apple Music and Amazon Music already offer lossless audio sources at no additional cost. This is possible because Apple and Amazon, which engage in various businesses other than music distribution, have ample budgets, and Spotify, which operates only with music streaming, is quite difficult.
Spotify is basically free and you can listen to over 80 million songs, but with Spotify Premium, which is a paid plan that costs $10.99 per month (980 yen per month in Japan), you can enjoy music without ads and listen to your favorite songs. You can play songs in order, download songs, and improve the sound quality of streamed songs. The Verge predicts that there will be paid plans that are even more expensive than the current Spotify Premium, and that lossless streaming will also be packaged into higher-tier plans.
Rumors that Spotify might release a more expensive paid plan ``Supremium'' have been pointed out since the fall of 2023. At Threads, product designer Chris Messina offers 'advanced playlist mixing tools, AI playlist generation, listening statistics in Last.fm format, 20-30 hours of audiobooks, and 24-bit lossless audio' for $19.99 per month ( It shows the possibility of being offered at Supreme (approximately 3000 yen).
The Verge predicts that if Spotify offers a Supreme plan and lossless streaming, details will be announced at Spotify's announcement event ``Stream On''.
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