The surprise is not the arrival of Apple Music HiFi. There were already plenty of rumors and indications that Apple's new High Fidelity streaming music service was down, no doubt about it.
But it is a surprise that this increase in sound quality of Apple Music comes Without aditional costs. For the same price, more audio quality. With Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos. Coming from Apple, a novelty.
Starting in June, you will be able to listen to all the content of Apple Music like never before. Sound in High Fidelity, Spatial Audio y Dolby Atmos. All this with the same price that you currently pay. Without aditional costs.
To be able to appreciate all these new improvements, you will need an audio equipment up to the task. To begin with, the Apple Music application should be running on a iPhone 12, or Mac o iPad recent. These devices are capable of decoding Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos.
And in the ears, some good headphones. They must have the ability to reproduce Hi-Fi audio. All the AirPods y Beats with W1 and H1 chip support Dolby Atmos. From now on it does make more sense to spend the money on AirPods Max, without a doubt.
And all this goes through the new Bluetooth protocol of Apple ALAC (Apple Looseless Audio Codec). Let's say it's Apple's aptX. A new audio codec to transmit Hi-Fi sound wirelessly.
This new Apple service arrives from June for all Apple Music subscribers, at no additional cost. Great news, without a doubt.
The only downside, apart from having headphones that are up to the task, is undoubtedly the storage space occupied by Hi-Fi music. If you are one of those who likes to carry the music stored on your device, note that in High Fidelity, your songs will will occupy three times more.
