TIDAL Masters now on mobile with an iOS app with built-in MQA decoder to allow HiRes streaming on the move. The eagerly awaited update to TIDAL’s iOS app follows the recent Android news announced at CES in January 2019.
With TIDAL Masters playback now accessible on iPhones and Android smartphones, as well as desktop and connected devices, studio quality sound is now available on all major platforms. Using a process called ‘music origami’, MQA’s technology folds master files into smaller files that can be streamed on the go. The MQA decoder in the app recovers all the direct music-related information and also authenticates the source of the original master recording.
Mike Jbara, MQA CEO, commented, “From our ongoing work with engineers and artists, we know the importance creators place on delivering the original sound they created all the way to the music fan. Through our global partnership with TIDAL, this becomes a reality wherever you’re enjoying your music.”
Lior Tibon, TIDAL COO, said, “Bringing music to life, just as the artist intended, is a core value of the TIDAL platform and we couldn’t be more excited to finally bring master quality music to both major mobile operating systems.”
MQA has partnerships with all three major record labels, as well as the independent label community, and the range of master quality music continues to grow rapidly, covering new releases and catalogue recordings.
More information about Master quality audio can be found here and TIDAL subscribers can download the iOS app here.
