Andre Yoskowitz
11 Feb 2012 13:05
Spotify goes 'extreme.'
Premium users of the Spotify service have access to unlimited streaming on their mobile devices, but there has always been questions about the quality of the streams. The company has put those questions to rest this week, adding an 'extreme' option.
Until this week, there were only two options, "low" at 96kbps and "high" at 160kbps. While the high quality was probably okay for quick listening on the way to work, the quality certainly left audiophiles with expensive headphones hoping for more.
The new "extreme" mode bumps mobile streaming to 320kbps, the highest bit rate available in the MP3 container.
For now, extreme is available only for iOS, with the update headed to Windows Phone and Android soon.