Sons of Spotify and Apple Music the two most used music services in the world. With audiences very divided between the two platforms, the comparison between Apple Music vs Spotify is still a very hot topic. Beyond music recommendations or interface, there is one thing in which Apple Music is superior, and that is sound quality.
On May 17, 2021, Apple introduced lossless audio in addition to spatial audio. A function Compatible with AirPods and many of your Beats headphones. And while truly enjoying lossless audio requires listening through a cable, there are intermediate terms that support Bluetooth audio.
Spotify promised that lossless audio would also come in 2021, we’re still waiting
Spotify, after seeing that lossless audio had become an added value for customers opting for Apple Music, announced that it would be available at the end of 2021 on its platform
However, a recent leak discovered by The Verge indicates that They will launch this option in a few weekss, or at most, a matter of months. Of course, adding lossless audio will come at a cost to Spotify subscribers.
Lossless audio will require a plan beyond Spotify Premium
One of the biggest advantages of Spotify is that It has a free plan with ads, offering the opportunity to listen to music to everyone without having to spend money. Of course, this plan has limits. This is where it comes into play. Spotify Premium, allowing unlimited music and without advertising of the entire musical catalog. In this case, the comparison with Apple Music would be appropriate.
From Spotify plans to launch a Music Pro plan which would be superior to the Spotify Premium we currently know in terms of features and cost. This new subscription plan would be lossless audio main function
We do not know how much will this supplement cost to download from Spotify’s Music Pro service, while surely doing calculations be around two dollars more per month. So here is what the price table would look like with our estimate.
Spotify |
Spotify Bonus |
Spotify Music Pro |
APPLE MUSIC |
|
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price |
0 dollars per month |
10.99 dollars per month |
12.99 dollars per month |
10.99 dollars per month |
And what will become of spatial audio on Spotify?
Like Spotify, it is open to integrate lossless audio and he’s about to do it. In the case of spatial audio or Dolby Atmos there is no trace beyond a rumor that appeared in 2023 and of which nothing else has been found. It doesn’t even show up in the code that Hypixely found on Reddit, which details everything we discussed above.
We understand that the development of 360 audio It also requires some hardware that Spotify cannot control. After all, Apple owns AirPods and can design both the hardware and software for a specific purpose.
Spotify has not made any statement still on this new plan nor on a possible date for its release with lossless audio. From Apple has always offered this and other features at no additional cost.it would therefore be enough to see how they integrate the news of the artificial intelligence of iOS 18 into Apple Music to improve their algorithm for discovering new music.
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