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Check out our guide for how to listen to hi-res audio on an iPhone for more information. If you want to listen to Apple Music tracks above 24-bit/48kHz on your iPhone, you'll need to connect an external DAC and use a wired pair of headphones.

But even here there's a caveat: iPhones are physically capable of playing up to 24-bit/48kHz only. In better news, Apple's HomePod range of smart speakers do support lossless – that's the brand new HomePod 2 (launched in early 2023), the now-discontinued HomePod (2018) and still-very-much-current HomePod Mini. It's worth noting that they only support Lossless up to 24-bit/48kHz (not Hi-Res Lossless).Īpple's iPhones (since the iPhone 7) natively support lossless – but only Apple Music Lossless, and not the highest quality Hi-Res Lossless (which delivers up to 24-bit/192kHz).

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AAC might be a step up from MP3, but nowhere near the quality of lossless.Īnd considering Apple doesn't support the higher-quality aptX (and its many variants) or the LDAC codec (which offers the highest lossless data speeds), we're left wondering why Apple has left such an obvious disconnect between its software and hardware, and if there might – hopefully – be something else brewing in Cupertino HQ.

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In the case of the AirPods and AirPods Pro ranges, they're completely wireless and Apple only supports the lossy AAC (rather than ALAC) codec over Bluetooth.

This means that even if you're buying the latest AirPods Pro 2 or the premium AirPods Max, there's no way you can listen to your library of lossless Apple Music songs in any lossless or hi-res format. The big news is that no model of AirPods earbuds/headphones will support lossless audio. Which devices work with Apple Music Lossless? We've yet to try this – the capturing method is frustratingly more hit than miss – but we've heard reports that it makes a slight difference. There is also now a Personalised Spatial Audio off-shoot to this, which uses your iPhone's TrueDepth camera to capture video of your ears and head shape, thereby tailoring the effect of spatial audio with dynamic head-tracking to you. 'Thousands' of Apple Music tracks were available in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos at launch, with more being added regularly. This means that even if you turn your head or reposition your device, the music will still be anchored to the screen. Apple’s spatial audio also offers dynamic head-tracking, which tracks your head movement using accelerometers and gyroscopes in specific AirPods and Beats models, in order to position the sound accurately. The idea is to recreate the audio experience of a cinema.īut that's not all. With headphones, sounds will appear to be coming from in front of you, from the sides, the rear and even above. This takes 5.1, 7.1 and Dolby Atmos signals and applies directional audio filters, adjusting the frequencies that each ear hears so that sounds can be placed virtually anywhere in 3D space. Spatial Audio was initially launched as part of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, and the newer Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos feature for Apple Music arrived as part of the iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 updates. (We're now heading into 2023, guys).Īnother new addition to Apple Music is Spatial Audio, which is designed to provide 'multidimensional sound and clarity' delivering surround sound and 3D audio via your headphones (and other devices). the streaming behemoth was unable to make good on its 'by the end of 2021' launch pledge. Spotify's long-awaited Spotify HiFi tier is still due to offer CD-quality streams, too, at some point. Tidal, Qobuz and Amazon Music HD all offer CD-quality and 24-bit hi-res listening, while Deezer offers a lossless tier. Over 20 million tracks were accessible in the highest quality Hi-Res Lossless format at launch in Summer 2021, and the streaming giant seems to have made good on its promise to bring the entire catalogue – in Lossless, at least – by the end of 2022.Īpple Music isn't the first service to offer lossless or hi-res streaming, of course.

You can choose your quality through the Settings > Music > Audio Quality section of Apple Music.Īll of Apple Music's 100-million-strong music catalogue is now available in CD quality or Apple Music Lossless. Apple's Lossless streams use ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) to offer more detail and information in a recording.Īpple offers three tiers of higher resolution audio: CD quality (16-bit/44.1kHz), Apple Music Lossless (up to 24-bit/48kHz), and Hi-Res Lossless (up to 24-bit/192kHz). Essentially, it's Apple embracing hi-res audio.

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