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Spotify<\/a> is planning to launch a new premium plan later this year, targeting its most devoted users with an additional charge of at least $5 per month, according to Bloomberg<\/a>. This higher tier is said to offer high fidelity or \u2018HiFi\u2019 audio quality and special features for playlist creation and music library management.<\/p>\n When combined with the upcoming price increase of the Spotify Premium plan<\/a> to $11.99, the total cost will rise to $16.99. The Family fee is changing too with an increase to $19.99 a month instead of $16.99. This upping of prices makes Spotify more expensive than competitor Apple Music, with their plans being similar to the streaming platform\u2019s previous price tag.<\/p>\n The upgrade will also allow users to create custom playlists for specific activities, occasions, and seasons.<\/p>\n Speaking to ReadWrite, a Spotify spokesperson said: \u201cAt Spotify, we are constantly exploring ideas to improve our product offering and offer value to users.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we don\u2019t comment on speculation around possible new features and do not have anything new to share at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n Spotify announced its HiFi audio feature in February 2021, but delayed the rollout. Since then, competitors like Amazon Music and Apple Music began offering higher-quality audio as part of their standard plans.<\/p>\n Code spotted within the Spotify app last year also suggests that the tier could come with 24-bit lossless audio, the ability to create playlists with AI, a feature that filters songs in a playlist by mood, and more.<\/p>\n In April, a Reddit user spotted some code that suggests that \u201clossless<\/p>\n has arrived.\u201d Lossless compression is a form of compression that preserves all of the original data.<\/p>\n Spotify has been venturing and expanding its offering in recent months, having launched an AI Playlist feature for users to create playlists with a prompt.<\/p>\n It also began adding full music videos<\/a> to its platforms as part of a beta phase, which would only be rolled out to a handful of countries for Premium subscribers.<\/p>\nIs Spotify ever getting HiFi?<\/h2>\n
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