Yes, the lossless audio file you're using is probably compressed — that's completely fine for this reason.

A new, high-resolution audio format has just launched on Spotify. Spotify announced Lossless Listening on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The new feature allows users to stream music in 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC, the ...

Spotify announced Wednesday that Lossless Listening, its newest audio format, is available for premium users in select countries, including the U.S. Lossless audio files allow for listeners to stream ...

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Stop me if you've heard this one before: over a half-decade of rumors, infrequent teases and affirmations that something is on the way, only for fans to impatiently bide their time and the thing to ...

Spotify is about to sound better for millions of people. Four years after Spotify originally planned to introduce higher-quality audio, the audio streamer is at long last rolling out HD lossless audio ...

Remember Spotify HiFi? It’s been nearly four years since Spotify first announced that lossless audio streaming was on tap, and here we are, still waiting. Now there’s another burst of chatter about ...

Four and a half years ago, in February 2021, Spotify announced a new streaming tier. Called Spotify HiFi, it was supposed to offer high-quality, lossless audio, getting Spotify up to par with ...

Last week, Apple released a revised USB-C AirPods Pro 2. Despite the new port, the company also released two new features with it: lossless audio support with Apple Vision Pro and IP54 with water and ...

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