Support for lossless audio will be added to the HomePod and HomePod mini via a future software update. Lossless Device SupportĪccording to Apple, lossless audio on ‌Apple Music‌ can be listened to on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. With lossless audio, ‌Apple Music‌ subscribers can listen to songs exactly as the artists recorded them in the studio and intended them to be heard.

Lossless means that after compression and then decompression, the audio that you're hearing is identical to the audio as it was recorded by the artist, preserving the texture, detail, and sound that went into the music when it was created. ALAC is a lossless compression format that lets Apple make smaller file sizes without impacting the integrity of the original audio recording. What is Lossless Audio?Īpple upgraded its entire streaming music catalog to lossless audio using the ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) format. This guide covers everything that we know so far about Lossless Audio, and we'll be updating it as we learn more. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.

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