It’s really transparent and ensures you know you’re getting what you’re paying for. What Amazon does do brilliantly though, that others don’t do as well, is it highlights what quality the track is that you’re playing, what quality you’re actually hearing it at and what your current device is capable of. It’s worth noting there are no actual radio stations available in Amazon Music HD, nor any podcasts – Spotify or Deezer are better for that if they’re important to you. Exclusive to the smartphone app, Alexa is integrated for voice commands. There’s also a section for “My Music” which includes any music you’ve bought through Amazon, plus on the desktop app there’s a link to the Store for buying more. If the homepage doesn’t pick out any content that you’re interested in, you can browse through playlists, new releases, charts and “stations”, which are generally genre, era or mood based. On the homepage, there are clearly marked sections that pick out featured albums and playlists, suggested content based on your previous listening choices and contextual playlists that might be of interest.
Ultimately, it’s usability that really matters, and you won’t struggle to find your way around. Thankfully the smartphone app is more on par with the competition, due to a more striking purple background and larger artwork that makes it more engaging. Spotify, by comparison, surfaces less albums and playlists in its rows of content (four instead of six), but the cover art is larger, designs are more varied and it’s more interesting to look at. It’s easy to navigate but is pretty unexciting, with rows of small uniform squares of cover art occasionally broken up by mini lists of recommended songs.
No radio stations or podcasts available.Amazon Music HD interface - Functional and easy to use It only costs £14.99 per month or £12.99 per month for Prime subscribers – the cheapest high-res service you can find.
There is also a growing catalogue of songs mastered in Dolby Atmos and Sony’s 360 Reality Audio codec, which you can get the full effect from using Amazon’s Echo Studio speaker. Amazon Music HD is a music streaming service offering CD-quality and high-resolution music playback, similar to Tidal and Qobuz.Īt last count, there were over 60 million songs available in lossless CD quality (16-bit/44.1kHz) and over two million in high res, which range between 24-bit/44.1Khz and 24-bit/192kHhz.
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