Source: Christine Romero-Chan / iMore
On Tuesday, Spotify announced plans to bring higher quality music to its streaming service. The move to Spotify
Hi-Fi means CD-quality, lossless audio is just around the corner on the world's largest streamer. No doubt, Apple Music could take a steep fall because of this news. And yet, I don't expect the iPhone maker to let Spotify take a high-res victory lap — at least not a long one. The reason? AirPods, baby.
What is high-resolution audio?
Spotify's transition to Hi-Fi isn't expected to start for a few months. When it does, it will only come to Premium subscribers in "select markets." Between now and then, there'll be a lot of talk about high-resolution audio and what it means. Without getting stuck too far into the weeds, it's important to note that high-resolution audio typically refers to music files with a higher sampling frequency and/or bit depth than CD or 16-bit/44.1kHz.