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Apple discontinues Space Grey accessories for Macs and iMacs: Report News (Image: Apple) Apple has reportedly discontinued all Space Grey coloured accessories for Macs and iMacs. This comes just after Apple launched the new iMac 2021 in a range of vibrant colours, skipping the Space Grey option. There are a few Space Grey accessories that you can still get via the Apple Store, however, they will only be available till stocks last. Also Read - Google Photos free storage ends on June 1: What...

Meanwhile, Amazon chose today to announce that it will stop charging extra for its own CD-quality and high-resolution tunes, effectively upgrading all its paid Amazon Music subscribers to Amazon Music HD. Amazon Music offers more than 70 million tracks in CD-quality audio, including 7 million songs in 24-bit high-resolution quality. Amazon Music HD used to cost $14.99 a month, or $12.99 a month for non-Prime members. With today’s announcement, though, Amazon Music subscribers can now enjoy lo...

Moments before Apple announced that it will begin offering Spatial Audio and Lossless audio streaming for Apple Music subscribers at no additional...

Apple teases big announcement: ‘Get ready, music is about to change forever.’ Apple is teasing a major Apple Music announcement. “Get ready,” a graphic on the site reads, “music is about to change forever.” Clicking on the graphic leads a video of an animated ‌Apple Music‌ logo. The new animation seems to confirm rumors and uncovered clues that Apple will add “lossless” or hi-res audio, and there are signs that the announcement will also include surround sound. Code referen...

  Apple has revealed that its long-rumored lossless audio streaming feature for Apple Music plus Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is coming in June, at no additional cost to subscribers. Apple Music Lossless will provide users with high-bitrate versions of tracks currently available on the service. The Lossless versions preserve almost all of the detail of the original music recording, which can give listeners a more immersive and generally better experience. "Apple Music is making its biggest ...

Image: Google Photos If you rely on Google Photos to keep your photos backed up, there’s bad news. Google is going to stop unlimited high quality photo storage on its platform and will only allocate 15GB of space for your entire Google account. While you can consider this as Google’s crafty way to earn money, you will need to now work out a way to keep using Google’s services. This also applies to iPhone users relying on Google a lot. Also Read - Apple Music officially gets Spatial Audio ...

Apple Music just changed everyone elses plans for lossless audio Lossless audio seems to be the next significant advancement in music streaming. Amazon has been offering a high-quality plan since 2019, and in February, Spotify announced a new HiFi plan to launch later this year. Leave it to Apple to shake up the entire ecosystem with its announcement of lossless audio. Starting next month, all Apple Music subscribers will gain access to improved audio quality along with select Dolby Atmos track...

Apple and Amazon both announced Monday they will make lossless audio available to subscribers at no additional fee. The format maintains CD-quality sound while keeping file sizes small.

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Always On. This is a case where Apples distinction between the two levels of improved audio matters, and is likely to cause confusion. All of the devices above will play the new Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos tracks, but that doesnt mean they will also play the full Hi-Res Lossless Audio. In fact, none of these devices will play Hi-Res Lossless Audio wirelessly. They rely on Bluetooth, with the exception of the AirPods Max, and Bluetooth will not relay Hi-Res Lossless audio. The AirPods Max may ...