Extra particulars about Spotify’s tremendous premium tier have surfaced on-line, revealing extra than simply lossless audio listening. Right here’s what we all know.
Spotify had the wind taken out of its sails when Apple made ‘HiFi’ listening obtainable to its subscribers at no extra value. Heading again to the drafting board, Spotify has determined to throw in some extras for its upcoming ‘tremendous premium’ plan—which it’s dubbing Spotify Supremium.
Chris Messina on Threads dissected a current Spotify for Android replace to disclose references to the brand new branding. The ‘Supremium’ tier will value $19.99 per thirty days and seems to incorporate:
- AI playlist technology instruments
- Final.fm-style listening stats together with Highlights
- 20-30 hours of audiobook listening (Premium customers solely get 15 hours)
- 24-bit lossless audio
- Superior playlist mixing instruments (by BMP, Vibe, Temper, Exercise, Style)
- Particular “Your Sound Capsule” playlist
What’s additionally noticeable about these code reveals is that Spotify appears to be ditching the HiFi tier it teased greater than two years in the past.
Spotify HiFi is now not referenced wherever within the code. When Spotify CEO Daniel Ek was questioned in regards to the delay in launching Spotify HiFi, he advised buyers the tier “has worth to extra aficionados within the streaming market.” The added AI-driven playlist options appear to be Spotify’s compromise to make a costlier tier palatable to a wider viewers past simply audiophiles.
The “Your Sound Capsule” characteristic sounds suspiciously much like the playlist in a bottle characteristic Spotify launched in January. That characteristic permits Spotify Premium customers to create a playlist that will likely be locked till January 2024. Customers seed the playlist with three songs and reply questions on their music—making a year-long incentive to maintain listening on Spotify.
The “Your Sound Capsule” playlist might be a solution to take that information and permit a consumer to take a peek again by means of their Spotify listening historical past. Curious what you had been listening to through the top of the pandemic? Might be on the desk with this new characteristic. The brand new ‘Highlights’ characteristic listed additionally tracks stats like Final.fm, doubtless telling you what number of instances you’ve performed a track and extra.
Will customers spring for Spotify Supremium for $10 additional {dollars} per thirty days? Spotify’s expertise with the AI DJ says customers love new AI generated playlists. Creating customized playlists which might be tuned to match a selected beat-per-minute (BPM) is nice for many who train whereas listening to music so there’s added worth in these new classes, too.