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Apple announced free lossless audio is coming to Apple Music earlier this week. Currently, Apple's wireless Bluetooth products can't support the format. Apple has now confirmed that a software update is coming that will allow lossless audio playback on the HomePod and HomePod mini. Apple has confirmed that its new lossless audio feature for Apple Music will be coming to the HomePod and HomePod mini in a future update. A new support document from Apple states HomePod and HomePod mini currently use AAC to ensure excellent audio quality. Support for lossless is coming in a future software upd...
AirPods, AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Music Lossless Audio Monday May 17, 2021 10:44 am PDT by Juli Clover Apple today announced that starting in June, Apple Music songs will be available to stream in Lossless and Hi-Resolution Lossless formats, but lossless audio won't be supported on the AirPods, AirPods Max, or AirPods Pro. Apple's Lossless Audio is encoded as Apple Lossless Audio Codec files, with lossless quality ranging from 16-bit 44.1 kHz playback to 24-bit 48 kHz playback and Hi-Res Lossless offering 24-bit 192 kHz quality. AirPods, AirPods Pro, and ...
Apple Music for Android reveals lossless audio could be imminent May 14, 2021, 3:35pm EDT If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple might have bigger plans for next week than initially thought. The new iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K are all set to start shipping to early preorder customers on or around May 21st, but now it seems there could be two surprise announcements: a hi-fi streaming tier of Apple Music, and maybe even AirPods 3. The Apple Music part seems e...