Spotify app will soon be available in Hindi and 11 other Indian regional languages

With Hindi UI on Spotify, the streaming giant will take on the likes of JioMusic, Saavn, Gaana. right now, Gaana is the main contender with support for regional languages including Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Gujarati.

There is no specific date of release revealed for support in regional languages yet. On the other hand, despite Hindi UI making its way to the app soon, the lyrics of Hindi songs are not available.

Also, Spotify will represent underrepresented podcasters in India as a part of its “Sound Up” initiative. Original podcasts like I Hear You, Phobia, and Jurm Live will be launched on the platform soon enough.

At the online event, Spotify also announced its premium service, Spotify HiFi which will be made available in select few markets. The new high-end service will offer music in “CD-quality, lossless audio format” so that the listeners enjoy the track as the artist intended it to. There is no word on whether this premium service will make it to India.