- Spotify Music Professional is tipped to launch later in 2025
- Remixing instruments and live performance ticket entry may function
- The primary draw shall be lossless audio high quality
It was again in February 2021 – 4 years in the past – when Spotify HiFi was first introduced, and we’re nonetheless ready for it to seem. Now a brand new report suggests a full launch may occur earlier than the top of the 12 months, whereas answering some excellent questions concerning the service.
Based on Bloomberg, the subscription shall be known as Spotify Music Professional, and can value you an additional $6 on prime of the $12-per-month Premium plan. That is a 50% hike, so would presumably value a further £6 within the UK and AU$7 in Australia.
In addition to higher-quality audio – teased many occasions over time – that additional money will apparently get you entry to bonus remixing instruments (together with some AI-powered options for mashing tracks collectively) and offers on live performance tickets.
The “individuals acquainted with the matter” who Bloomberg has spoken to say that Spotify execs suppose dedicated music followers can pay extra for his or her subscription – probably giving the streaming service some priceless extra income.
A very long time coming
As per the report, Spotify is exploring a wide range of choices for its Music Professional plan, and can take a look at quite a lot of them throughout 2025. The complete expertise is outwardly going to roll out in phases, so subscribers will not essentially get all the pieces instantly.
That matches with the leaks and rumors we have seen since 2021: it sounds as if Spotify is not actually certain what to supply or for the way a lot. We have even seen a number of names for the subscription plan, together with Spotify Supremium.
The Music Professional title did in truth present up final 12 months, when it was noticed hidden away in Spotify app code. One other function that acquired a reference was playlist filtering, which could be a part of the package deal when it lastly does seem.
We have additionally beforehand heard that the brand new service can be accessible as an add-on to Premium, reasonably than one thing utterly separate. Spotify has promised to “double down” on music in 2025, so let’s hope the brand new tier is included in that plan.