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Apple Music Lossless tidbits: iOS 14.6, HomePod support, compatible headphones, more - 9to5Mac

Apple Music Lossless tidbits: iOS 14.6, HomePod support, compatible headphones, more - 9to5Mac

Apple Music Lossless tidbits: iOS 14.6, HomePod support, compatible headphones, more - 9to5Mac
Jun 09, 2021 1 min, 27 secs

Apple announced in May that Apple Music will start supporting Dolby Atmos and Lossless audio quality in June.

Apple Music Lossless is available since June 7 for all Apple Music subscribers at no extra cost.

The bigger smart speaker can only stream music in Dolby Atmos.

About AirPods Max, Apple confirms it doesn’t stream lossless and Hi-Res Lossless over Bluetooth but with the Lightning to 3.5 mm audio cable, this headphone will deliver an “exceptional audio quality, however, given the analog to digital conversion in the cable, the playback will not be completely lossless.”.

Spatial Audio on Apple Music offers a really rich, immersive experience when listening with iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV 4K with HomePod or other Dolby Atmos supported speakers.

The most expensive Apple headphone, the AirPods Max, doesn’t support Hi-Res Lossless even if wired.

Apple tells the Verge that when you play a 24-bit / 48 kHz Apple Music lossless track from an iPhone into the AirPods Max using both the cable and Lightning dongle, the audio is converted to analog and then re-digitized to 24-bit / 48 kHz.

That’s why Apple is focusing on Dolby Atmos with Spatial Audio.

According to Apple, 20 million songs are available in lossless audio at launch with the full 75 million songs available by the end of the year.

In an article about Dolby Atmos with Spatial Audio, Apple Music’s Zane Lowe dropped a quick hint pertaining to upcoming Logic Pro integration for music producers:

The Dolby Atmos tools, specifically the Dolby Atmos Music Panner used in conjunction with the Dolby Atmos Renderer, are already available to Logic Pro users, but only as AU plug-ins of sorts, as opposed to the native support in Pro Tools

Hands-on: Spatial Audio for Apple Music

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