{"id":100577,"date":"2024-08-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=100577"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:12:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:12:06","slug":"do-people-really-want-hi-fi-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/do-people-really-want-hi-fi-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Do people really want Hi-Fi streaming?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Image credit: Ingo Schulz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Spotify continues years-long anticipation of introducing high-fidelity streaming to its service, do we even want it?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’ve been waiting years for Spotify<\/a> to add Hi-Fi quality streaming. Spotify announced that lossless audio would be added to their platform in 2021<\/a>. 3 years later and we’re still waiting, with the latest from CEO Daniel Ek saying that it’s “early days” for Hi-Fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that time, competitors Apple Music<\/a> and Amazon Music<\/a> both added Hi-Fi quality streaming as a free addition to subscribers. Now that users have access to it, it seems that people didn’t really care as much as we once thought about high-fidelity streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent report by Luminate<\/a> explored what music streamers look for in their services. They found that High-Fidelity audio has actually become less of a priority since it became widely available in 2021. 37% of paying music streaming users named high quality music a priority in 2021. In 2024, that has dropped to just 31%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What users really want from music streaming (revealed!)<\/a><\/blockquote>