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Lossless audio is coming to Spotify.
Lossless audio offers a more accurate and dynamic sound.
The feature is slowly rolling out to all users with a paid plan.
In 2021, Spotify teased the idea of a high-fidelity tier (hi-fi tier) that would offer lossless audio quality. Unfortunately, licensing issues caused the plan to be put on the back burner.
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However, there have been hints of the plan actually coming to fruition, thanks to code hints within the app. Music lovers can rejoice because the company is about to finally introduce support for 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC-level streaming.
How lossless music works on Spotify
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