Higher sound quality, but only suitable for cable connections: “Lossless Listening” works.
Spotify introduces a new audio format called “Lossless Listening”. This was announced by the music streaming platform on September 10th.
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With the new function, users can stream users: according to Spotify Music in Flac format with 24 bits/44.1 kHz, the least compressed audio format with the highest resolution. The sound is allegedly fuller than with conventional standard audio.
“Lossless” initially only suitable for wired headphones and speakers
Due to their high resolution, loss -free audio files are very large. According to a Press release From Spotify, Spotify users should only listen to music in this quality with wired headphones or speakers without bluetooth connection. Because Bluetooth currently does not offer enough bandwidth to transfer the file sizes of loss -free audio.
Playback takes a moment
Since the files are so large, users should be used: the inside of the title takes a moment and does not take place immediately, according to the press release.
Premium subscriber: Inside, you will receive a notification in Spotify as soon as “Lossless” is available for you. According to Spotify, it will be gradually introduced in more than 50 markets by October 2025. Premium subscribers: inside in Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, the USA and Great Britain have already received access.
So you activate “Lossless”
“Lossless” must be activated manually in the app. To do this, users have to select the format in the app using the own profile picture under “Settings & data protection” in the area of ”media quality”. In addition to “low”, “normal”, “high” and “very high”, “loss -free” can now also be chosen there.
“Waiting finally comes to an end; we are very happy that premium subscribers can now use ‘Lossless Sound’ inside,” said Gustav Gyllenhamt from Spotify about the new audio format in the press release. “We took the time to develop this function in such a way that quality, user-friendliness and clarity are in the foreground at every step. With Lossless, our premium users enjoy: Inside an even better listening experience.” Now it remains to be seen how the new function at the user: inside is actually important.