Citing sources within the music industry, Hits Double Daily reports that Apple is preparing to unveil a new HiFi Apple Music tier in the “coming weeks,” which will come alongside the release of the third generation of AirPods.
Dem report According to the report, the new tier, which will offer high-fidelity music streaming, will have the same price of $9.99 per month as the current individual tier. Spotify, Apple Music's closest competitor, has announced that later in 2021, Spotify users will be able to "upgrade their sound quality to Spotify HiFi and hear their favorite songs the way the artists intended." The report says that an announcement of the new Apple Music tier and the launch of the third-generation AirPods will come in the "coming weeks." Apple plans to hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 7.
Apple Music with Hifi level could be a deal-breaker
While no hardware was announced at the developer conference last year, hardware announcements at the software-focused event are actually possible this year. The third-generation AirPods are expected to have a design similar to the design language of the AirPods Pro. However, certain "Pro" features like active noise cancellation will not be present. Apple Music with HiFi could be announced in iOS 14.6, which is already in the second beta. However, there are no hints in the code yet that could hint at the feature. If Apple were to launch a HiFi tier at the current price, this could be a deal-breaker in competition with other music streaming services. So the whole thing remains exciting as always. (Photo by Unsplash / Alexander Shatov)
