The shared images show the HiFi icon in the lower right corner of the app and includes text about music playing at 16-bit/44.1kHz quality – though the reader says music wasn't playing in lossless quality. While we've not been able to validate the images ourselves, the quality, font, variety and content suggests strongly that these are genuine.

Recently, TechRadar had a reader email us photos of Spotify HiFi in use. Ready to make the leap to lossless? Here's everything we know about Spotify HiFi. The silver lining? We have good reason to believe that Spotify HiFi songs will be available to save and download to your devices for offline listening, which means you should be able to take your new lossless music library with you anywhere. Spotify hasn’t said exactly how much the service will cost just yet, it sounds like it’s going to be more than the basic Spotify Premium price of $9.99 / £9.99 / AU$11.99 per month and there’s no guarantee that every song in the entire Spotify catalog will have a HiFi version available. They might offer HiFi as part of a pricier plan that might also include other audio features like spatial audio/Dolby Atmos and extra benefits.Unfortunately, even when Spotify HiFi does release it will only be available in “select markets” to start. Söderström's responses indicate that Spotify doesn't intend to offer lossless music for free like Apple did. But then Apple offered lossless for free with Apple Music, spilling water on Spotify's plan. However, Spotify didn't launch the feature because it was meant to be more expensive than their regular service, which would have increased their income per user. The technical work for the feature is mostly done, and the company has uploaded its whole music collection in high-quality. Regarding when Spotify will offer lossless music, Soderstrom could only confirm that HiFi 'will be available at some point.' The Verge reports that Spotify HiFi has been prepared for over a year now. The industry changed and we had to adapt,' he said, adding that it'll be something that is 'our own and unique,' Soderstrom told The Verge. We are going to do it, but we’re going to do it in a way where it makes sense for us and for our listeners. 'We announced it, but then the industry changed for a bunch of reasons.

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