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Tidal

High fidelity music streaming

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Overview

What Tidal does

Tidal is a subscription-based music and video streaming service featuring high-fidelity, lossless audio quality and high-definition music videos.

What people use it for

  • Streaming music in HiRes lossless up to 24-bit 192 kHz and Dolby Atmos
  • Offline listening to a personal library
  • Casting lossless audio to supported hi-fi hardware over TIDAL Connect

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Tidal.

  • TIDAL has no permanently free listening tier; after a 30-day trial a paid subscription is required
  • The subscription renews automatically on a monthly basis
  • Lossless quality on external hardware needs TIDAL Connect and a supported device
  • The iOS app requires iOS 17 or later

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Pricing

What Tidal costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

HiFi

$10.99 /mo

  • Lossless audio
  • Downloads

HiFi Plus

$19.99 /mo

  • Master quality
  • Direct artist payouts

Capabilities

Features

  • HiFi streaming

    HiFi streaming capability

  • Master quality

    Master quality capability

  • Music videos

    Music videos capability

  • Exclusive content

    Exclusive content capability

  • High-end audio systems

    Integration with High-end audio systems

  • Smart speakers

    Integration with Smart speakers

  • Download protection

    Download protection security feature

  • Account security

    Account security security feature

  • Web support

    Available on web

  • Ios support

    Available on ios

  • Android support

    Available on android

  • Desktop support

    Available on desktop

Behind it

Who makes Tidal

Company
Block Inc
Based in
New York, NY
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