Spotify's HiFi tier could finally be about to launch

I will happily pay them $20. Their UI is unmatched. Spotify recommendations are also so much better than Tidal and Qobuz, at least for my listening preference. Best of all, their Connect feature rocks! It is so seamless.

Shame they spend so much on podcast guests (25 million Harry & Meghan) and the staff have to pay for it.  When will we get hi-res!? 

So, there are 2 school of thoughts here. The layoffs happened because Spotify is getting ready to launch HiFi and that is going to cost them - hence reduce people and save costs. The other thought is they laid off to save cost and will not launch HiFi. No one other than Spotify knows which one is the correct one.

Finally launching in October, but users in the US have started getting it.....and it is at no additional cost!!

https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-hifi-lossless-audio-release-plan-cost-feature/

The fact they include it without charging more is welcome. I already pay for several other services, as well as Spotify (my wife likes the interface best), so I'll probably cancel one of the others once lossless kicks in.