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Spotify vs Apple Music vs YouTube Music – The 2025 Streaming Showdown (Pricing, Quality, AI & More)

YouTube Music’s Exclusive Fan Perks vs Spotify, Apple & More – A New Era of Superfan Rewards?

YouTube Music’s New Tools to Reward Superfans YouTube Music just announced a trio of new features aimed at bringing artists and fans closer together. Unveiled at YouTube’s “Made On” event in mid-September 2025, these tools mark a significant push to deepen artist-fan connections on the platform techcrunch.com. Here’s what’s new on YouTube Music: These features follow on the heels of YouTube Music’s 10th anniversary updates in August 2025, which added more social and interactive elements. The service introduced collaborative “Taste Match” playlists (combining friends’ music tastes, similar to Spotify’s Blend), badges for listeners (like “First to Watch” or “Top Listener”),
17 September 2025
Spotify’s Hi‑Res Lossless Streaming Is Finally Here – How It Compares to Apple Music and Amazon Music HD

Spotify’s Hi‑Res Lossless Streaming Is Finally Here – How It Compares to Apple Music and Amazon Music HD

Spotify’s Lossless Audio Rollout: Technical Approach and Features After years of anticipation, Spotify’s high-fidelity streaming has arrived in late 2025. All Spotify Premium users will soon have the ability to stream music in lossless CD-quality. Here’s an overview of Spotify’s technical approach and how the feature works: In short, Spotify’s implementation strives to make lossless listening simple but intentional – users turn it on when they want the best quality, and the app gives feedback that it’s working. Technically, the service is now delivering the maximum quality that the majority of music recordings are mastered in (44.1 kHz). It’s a
Spotify vs Apple Music vs YouTube Music – The 2025 Streaming Showdown (Pricing, Quality, AI & More)

Spotify vs Apple Music vs YouTube Music – The 2025 Streaming Showdown (Pricing, Quality, AI & More)

Spotify Premium Individual costs around $11.99/month in the US in 2025, with Student ($5.99), Duo ($16.99) and Family ($19.99 for up to six) plans plus a one-month new-user trial. Apple Music has no free tier, with Individual $10.99/month, Family $16.99, Student $5.99, and Voice plan $4.99, plus Apple One bundles starting ~ $19.95, and Lossless/Spatial Audio included by default. YouTube Music offers a free ad-supported tier with no background play on mobile; Premium is $10.99/month, YouTube Premium bundles at ~ $13.99/month, Family ~ $22.99, and Student ~ $7.99, with a 1-month trial for new subscribers. Apple Music leads in audio
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