No one can blame you if you give up Spotify HiFi is becoming a thing of the past.it’s been 2 years from first announcementAll hope is not lost, however, as the streaming service recently confirmed that it is still working on its high-res audio tier.
This news comes from the co-president of Spotify. Gustav Söderström in an interview (opens in new tab) On TheVerge’s podcast, decoderConfirming the existence of HiFi was the only blunt answer he gave as the rest of the answers were vague at best. According to Söderström, the reason tiering has taken so long is because “the industry is changing, [Spotify] I had to adapt”, but I won’t elaborate further. He hints at the cost of his HiFi and treats music labels as his two main contributors to delays, but doesn’t elaborate further.