Spotify's Hi-Res 'Enhanced Listening' Tier Emerges in UI Leak

For years, Spotify has held a quiet debt to its most discerning listeners — a promise of sound rendered whole, uncompressed, faithful to the original recording. Leaked screenshots surfacing in early May 2024 suggest that debt may finally be coming due, as internal UI elements reveal a polished lossless audio tier called Enhanced Listening, complete with compatibility tools and quality scoring systems. The images, coaxed from Spotify's own code by a technically curious Reddit user, show a company that has moved well beyond planning and into the final architecture of delivery. Whether this marks