More than halfway through 2025, Spotify and other Western music streaming platforms have yet to launch a much-anticipated “superfan” or “super-premium” tier, prompting questions about the delays and speculation about what features will be bundled together in a higher-priced offering.

One option was ruled out on Wednesday (Sept. 11) when Spotify announced the arrival of high-quality, lossless audio as a standard perk for subscribers. Named HiFi, the audio offering was first announced in 2020 but was rarely mentioned by Spotify executives in the years since. A few years ago, HiFi might have seemed like a sensible part of a high-priced tier targeted at super-users. But today, better audio quality has become a regular feature rather than a separate perk. Amazon Music began offering lossless a

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