We'll likely have to wait for Spotify to roll out support for Dolby Atmos and spatial audio (more on this below), which it could package with Spotify HiFi and then justify a higher-priced tier. Apparently, there's no longer the financial incentive to launch it right now. According to the latest reports by The Verge, Spotify HiFi has been ready to launch for over a year, but Apple's decision to roll out lossless audio has caused Spotify to stall. Spotify claims to be launching its own lossless streaming service, Spotify HiFi, but it's not here yet even though Spotify originally claimed it would launch by the end of 2021 - that means it's almost a year-and-a-half late. The kicker: to listen to these lossless tracks, subscribers just have to pay the same $10/month charge as before. In May 2021, it added a lossless tier that allows any paying subscriber to listen to CD-quality (16-bit/44.1 kHz) and Hi-Res Lossless (up to 24-bit/192 kHz) audio tracks. The biggest difference between the two streaming services is Apple Music actually allows you to listen to lossless tracks. And, it is daunting and cumbersome to search for the same tracks and manually built the same playlist on Apple Music as that on Spotify.How to Listen to Lossless Tracks on Apple Music Apple Music vs Spotify: The biggest differences Lossless streaming If you decide to switch your music streaming service from Spotify to Apple Music, how can you keep the playlists that you created on Spotify? As known, it is not allowed to swap playlists between Spotify and Apple Music due to the different music encode formats of these two platforms. At this point, it is worth subscribing to Apple Music. As for Spotify, although it allows you to download music and listen to it without an internet connection, the downloaded music is limited to be accessible on the device you downloaded it on. You can sync your entire music library and music that you have downloaded from Apple Music and access music on all of your devices that are associated with the same Apple ID. One of the best benefits is that Apple Music is compatible with almost all Apple devices.
There are many factors that contribute to Apple Music’s success.
Apple Music is a strong rival of Spotify and has surpassed it to become one music streaming service with the most paid subscribers in early 2019.