Spotify Lossless is now available in select markets worldwide, no Philippine release yet

The long, long, long wait is over in select markets.

Spotify Lossless

Spotify Lossless is now available in select markets worldwide

First announced in September 20214, Spotify Premium is officially out and has started rolling out to Premium listeners in select markets.

The company said that its Premium subscribers will receive a notification on Spotify once the service is available.  It adds that it is available on new albums and old favorites.

This new feature is designed to deliver the "highest music audio quality" on Spotify. In particular, users can now stream tracks in up to  24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC on nearly every song available on Spotify.

Lossless is available in mobile, desktop, and tablet and other devices supporting Spotify Connect such as Sony, Bose, Samsung, Sennheiser, and more. The company noted that support for Sonos and Amazon will arrive next month.

According to Spotify, they have taken time to build this feature.

The wait is finally over; we're so excited lossless sound is rolling out to Premium subscribers, said Gustav Gyllenhammar, VP Subscriptions, Spotify. We've taken time to build this feature in a way that prioritizes quality, ease of use, and clarity at every step, so you always know what's happening under the hood. With Lossless, our premium users will now have an even better listening experience.

How to enable Lossless on Spotify?

How to access Lossless on Spotify

• Tap profile icon in the top left
• Go to Settings & Privacy > Media Quality
• Select where you want to enable lossless audio: WiFi, cellular, downloads

After that, you need to enable Lossless manually on each device. There will be a Lossless indicator that will appear in the Now Playing view or Bar and via the Connect Picker.

Spotify recommends streaming lossless music on WiFi using wired headphones or speakers on a non-Bluetooth connection, like Spotify Connect. It explains that Bluetooth currently doesn't provide enough bandwidth to transmit lossless audio, so the signal has to be compressed before being sent.

Lossless streaming = up to 1GB/hour

Streaming Lossless can consume up to 1GB of data per hour.

Spotify joins Apple, Tidal, and more in streaming higher-quality audio files for users demanding "CD-quality" music and listening experience.

Lossless is rolling out gradually to more than 50 markets through October. Premium subscribers in Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, the US, and the UK have already started to get access.

We will update you guys once Spotify Lossless is available in the Philippines.

Source: Spotify