Amazon Music HD Now Available to Subscribers At No Extra Cost

Amazon Music has announced that its high-quality streaming tier, Amazon Music HD, is now available to all eligible Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers at no extra cost.

“When we first launched Amazon Music HD, our goal was to lead the industry by enabling music fans around the world to stream the best quality recording, the way artists intended their music to be heard,” said Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Music. “We’re thrilled now to make Amazon Music HD available to everyone at no extra cost. All music fans should have access to this quality of music, and now they do!”

With Amazon Music HD, customers can stream more than 70 million lossless, High Definition (HD) songs, with a bit depth of 16 bits and a sample rate of 44.1kHz (CD quality). Customers can also stream more than 7 million songs in Ultra HD (better than CD quality), with a bit depth of 24 bits and a sample rate up to 192 kHz. Additionally, Amazon Music HD offers a growing catalog of songs remixed in 3D Audio formats such as Dolby Atmos and Sony 360RA. Listeners can stream these 3D mixes when listening on Amazon’s Echo Studio smart speaker. Music in 360RA can be streamed on Sony’s RA5000 and RA3000 speakers by using Alexa Cast.


Today's announcement coincides with one from Apple Music which introduced support for Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and upgraded its entire catalog to Lossless Audio.

The Amazon Music HD tier was previously an additional $5/month for current subscribers to the Individual or Family Plan. For current subscribers to Amazon Music HD, there will be no extra charge for HD starting with their next billing cycle. More details at the link below...

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