Spotify: the sound lossless appears in the parameters, but still not in the helmets

In February 2021, Spotify promised to enter the big leagues with a hifi optionsupposed to offer a lossless sound, as at Apple Music or Tidal. Result ? Four years of silence, rumors, and above all … of total absence of this functionality. The project had everything from sea snake. Until today.

Spotify: Lossless Audio returns to haunt the application… for good this time?

The scenario seems to be repeated, but this time, the clues are much more tangible. The Spicitify team – a popular application of application customization Spotify – spotted several explicit references to the lossless in the bowels of the office app interface. In the settings, a new option of listening quality makes its appearance, clearly evoking this famous compression without compression. Same thing in the connected devices menu. Coincidence? Unlikely.

Mobile side, same song: traces Flac format (Free Lossless Audio Codec)) were identified in the beta iOS, with an announced quality going “up to 24-bit / 44.1 kHz”. It is CD, in pure version, for those who have their ear – and especially the helmet – sharpened.

So, is it really for this time? Spotify seems to be not being able to backtrack. Behind the scenes, the site is advancing, even if it is not yet official. And if we are wary, it is for a good reason: in 2021 already, similar lines of code had been discovered … without follow -up. But times have changed. Apple Music joined Lossless audio without additional cost In 2021, Amazon Music too6 years ago.

Competitive pressure rises, premium subscribers want it for their ears, and Spotify can no longer stay in the way. As much as The platform recently increased its prices in France – An increase that goes all the more bad as no tangible novelty has yet been delivered in exchange.

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