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It isn’t simply AirPods. HomePods additionally do not help lossless Apple Music

Yesterday, Apple Music announced that Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos was rolling out to its entire catalog of audio content. In addition, it was announced that over 75 million songs in lossless quality will be available for streaming. However, the latter part will not be available to many as almost no Apple device currently supports lossless quality.

Apple has confirmed that none of the AirPods models support lossless audio streaming. Not even the $ 549 AirPods max.In addition, the company has confirmed to The Verge that the HomePod range, including the vanilla variant and the Mini, also doesn’t support lossless audio.

While the Apple website states that the HomePod supports Spatial Audio, both the HomePod and HomePod mini do not support lossless audio. Apple says it’s not that either of these devices can’t fully play lossless tracks. You are not supposed to play songs in lossless quality.

To the unknown, Lossless Audio provides audio recordings that have been compressed without compromising the overall quality of the audio. As a result, it offers an enhanced listening experience. However, you cannot hear lossless audio on Apple AirPods or HomePods.

Spatial Audio, based on Dolby Atmos and powered by HomePods, is a stunning three-dimensional audio format that musicians can use to mix music so it sounds like the instruments are all around you in the room. There will likely be an accompanying HomePod software update that will enable Spatial Audio support in time for the feature to start

These new features will be made available to all Apple Music subscribers in June at no additional charge. According to Apple, you need devices with iOS 14.6, iPadOS 14.6, macOS 11.4 and tvOS 14.6 or higher.


Prakhar Khanna

I’ve been in the tech industry since 2014 when I created my first blog. I worked with Digit, one of the largest tech publications in India. I am now working as a news editor at Pocketnow, where I get paid to write about cutting-edge technology. You can contact me at [email protected]

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