SPOTIFY LOSSLESS Everything you need to know

Spotify's Lossless audio tier has finally arrived, just four years late...

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Finally.

Spotify's Lossless streaming has finally seen the light of day - four years late and a whopping eight years since it was first rumoured. And about time, too.

Rival music-streaming services have offered higher-quality listening for years now, and often at no extra charge. So we're glad Spotify has finally got its act together and launched Lossless, which is part of the paid Premium subscription and offers hires streaming quality.

It was first announced back in February 2021, though then it went by the name Spotify HiFi. Spotify claimed it would launch by the end of that year... and ever since we have patiently been drumming our fingers. Until now.

Spotify Lossless finally became a reality on 10th September 2025, with availability rolling out to 50 countries over the next couple of months.

To give you an idea of just how late to the party Spotify is, back in 2021 Apple announced it was bringing lossless CD-quality and 24-bit hires streams to all Apple Music subscribers at no extra cost.

That spurred on Amazon Music, which already had a hires offering, to align its pricing with Apple Music shortly after. And Tidal - one of the originators of hires streaming and historically a comparatively pricey option - followed suit in 2024, reducing its subscription fee to price-match its competitors. Qobuz is another competitive hires streaming option favoured by audiophiles; it offers only CD-quality and hires quality, along with a download store for hires albums.

Worth the wait?

Spotify Lossless is free to all Premium users, so carries no extra cost (outside the expense of a Premium subscription - currently £12.99 per month, of course). Premium subscribers should by now have received a notification that Lossless is available for them.