Apple has officially announced that it is brining lossless audio support to every Apple Music subscriber at no additional cost starting next month.
Apple Music is Gaining Lossless Audio Support at No Extra Cost Starting Next Month, Thousands of Songs Will Support Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos at Launch
It is no longer a myth or a rumor, Apple has announced that it will be adding lossless quality audio support to Apple Music. But it gets better - Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos is also thrown into the mix as well. Starting with a few thousand songs with Spatial Audio / Dolby Atmos, the catalogue will increase over time. But, everyone will have access to lossless audio, all 75 million songs, for a price of zero dollars.
That’s right, Apple is not going to charge you extra for these features at all.
Apple describes support for Dolby Atmos as magical and says that it is like sitting in between the music rather than having it aimed at you from just two directions.
At first, only a few thousand songs will be available with Dolby Atmos support, and there will be a badge for easy identification of songs with Dolby Atmos. More songs will be added to the mix as time goes on.
The news that everyone should care about is this - these features are added to Apple Music at no extra cost at all. If you are a subscriber, then all of this will be available to you starting next month.
Although Apple has not mentioned it in their official press release, but we are certain that these features will require the new iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 updates. It is safe to say that said update will be available to all compatible devices starting next month.
Regarding compatibility and devices, here is what Apple has to say:
Here is how you will be able to enable the new Lossless Audio quality:
Although you will be able to experience Lossless Audio on any device you may have, but you will require a proper external DAC if you want to experience the Hi-Resolution Lossless tier, which goes all the way up to 24 bit at 192 kHz.
