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The best music streaming services of 2025
- Streaming music services are dominating the music sector and you can access your favorite tracks, podcasts, comedy specials, and other soundbites from anywhere globally.
- Spotify, one of the most recognizable music streaming brands worldwide, has more than 100 million songs and the world's biggest podcast platform. It is available across all the devices in the market, such as iPhone, Google Pixel, laptop, or car.
- Apple Music is a close rival to Spotify and provides a one-month free trial, premium hi-res listening options, more than 100 million tracks, and a library with immersive album artwork, line-by-line lyrics and intuitive search tools.
- Among top-shelf hi-res content platforms, Tidal is the best name in the business. It is renowned for its excellent focus on sound quality and gives users access to an immense library of CD quality 16-bit/44.1kHz to 24-bit/192kHz songs in various formats, including FLAC, HiRes FLAC, and Dolby Atmos.
- Qobuz is another music streaming platform that goes all-in on the hi-res catalog and streams high-quality FLAC files ranging from 16-bit/44kHz to 24-bit/192kHz that translates into superb sound through a pair of speakers or headphones.
- Amazon Music is available both in lossless and CD quality formats, Dolby Atmos and 360 Reality Audio tracks. A unique streaming option, it is an Amazon Prime membership add-on and offers ad-free Amazon Music Unlimited (AMU) for $10 per month. The most affordable AMU plan is the Prime-only plan or the Single Device plan at $6 per month.
- Deezer is in the 'Goldilocks' zone with CD-level quality and a bigger library than Spotify and Apple Music but no top-shelf hi-res content. It offers a few excellent features like the capability to upload MP3s and is available in multiple subscription options.
- YouTube Music is Google's answer to music lovers searching for a one-stop-shop for everything music-related. Though it cap tracks at 256kbps, it has a vast library with excellent playlists and podcast playlists that loads according to the supplied time of day and weather.
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