Good news for music lovers! Apple Introduced lossless audio and Dolby Atmos options for all Apple Music Customer in India. This comes weeks after Apple officially rolled out Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this summer. As of today, a server-side update should enable these two options on compatible Apple iPhone, iPad, as well as Apple TV 4K. Apple Music Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos are available for free and don’t require you to pay extra on your existing Apple Music subscription. We try to answer all your questions about how it works, does your iPhone support it, how much does it cost and also how to enable these options in the first place.
What is Lossless Audio in Apple Music? Simply put, it’s a very high quality audio file that you’ll have access to, and the kind of detail you’ll be able to hear on audio speakers that support lossless audio and high-resolution audio formats is unparalleled. Will happen. These high-resolution and lossless audio files are also huge in size, if you want to save them side-by-side with a typical high quality audio file. Apple says that a three-minute music track will be around 6MB when streamed or downloaded in High Quality mode. A music track of the same duration in lossless will be approximately 36 MB in size while the high-resolution lossless standard will take up to 145 MB for the same track.
What is Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio? It’s like surround sound for home theater systems, where you place speakers at different places in the room to create a feeling of being surrounded by the sound and the finer elements within it. Except you don’t have any static speakers around and you get the same experience from headphones and earphones as apple airpods max And this apple airpods pro. The sound doesn’t come through as if you’re being fed a one-way singular feed of sound to your left and right ears. The added goodness here is that the headphones track your head movement and link back to the position of the source device — your iPhone or iPad. If you conceivably move your head, you’ll notice that the sound gradually shifts in the direction of where your iPhone sits.
Which iPhone, iPad, and AirPods Support Dolby Atmos? Apple says iPhone XR or later (except iPhone SE), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation or later), iPad Pro 11-inch, iPad (6th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation) or later) and iPad mini (5th generation), as long as you’ve updated these to iOS 14.6 or iPadOS 14.6, respectively. Turn on the Spatial Audio option, and connect AirPods Pro or AirPods Max to listen to tracks in Dolby Atmos.
How much does Apple Music cost? In India, Apple Music subscription starts at Rs 49 per month for Student plan (which also bundles Apple TV+), Rs 99 per month for Individual Apple Music plan and Rs 149 for Apple Music family plan every month.
How much of my Apple Music library is available with Lossless? Apple has already said that there are over 20 million tracks available in lossless audio quality and that the full list of 75 million tracks is being made available in lossless by the end of this year.
How can I listen to lossless audio on my iPhone? Go to Settings > Music iPhone or iPad and you’ll see that there will be an option called First Dolby Atmos. Tap on it and you can choose between Automatic, Always On or Off. Just below it will be another new option called Audio Quality. First, you need to turn on lossless audio and make sure it is set to green. Below that, you’ll see three options- Cellular Streaming, Wi-Fi Streaming, and Downloads. You can choose from several streaming options for each of these, depending on what kind of quality and data usage you’re okay with.
How can I listen to lossless audio if I use a Mac or Apple TV? On a Mac, you can enable Apple Music lossless audio. Update Mac to macOS 11.4 > A wired connection for headphones, receiver or powered speakers > Alternatively use built-in speakers > Open Apple Music app > Click on menu bar > Select Preferences > Playback tab > Audio quality > Lossless > Turn on or off. Your options here are lossless for a maximum resolution of 24-bit/48 kHz or Hi-Res lossless for a maximum resolution of 24-bit/192 kHz.
On Apple TV 4K, you need to update it to tvOS 14.6 > Connect Apple TV 4K to compatible AV receiver with HDMI cable > Settings > Apps > Music > Audio quality > Lossless > Turn on or off. Apple TV 4K does not currently support Hi-Res lossless and your option here will only enable lossless for a maximum resolution of 24-bit/48 kHz.
Can I play lossless audio on any bluetooth speaker? This is something you should really pay attention to. Bluetooth wireless streaming as a standard does not support lossless audio sent from a phone, tablet, or computing device to speakers or headphones. This is why currently the AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max also do not support Apple lossless audio. However they are very capable of taking advantage of Dolby Atmos audio. For lossless audio to work, you’ll need a wired connection with any compatible speakers or headphones—you’ll know if it’s labeled with Hi-Res capabilities.
Does Apple’s Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter support lossless? Apple says the Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter is designed to transmit audio from the iPhone’s Lightning connector. It has a digital-to-analog converter that supports lossless audio up to 24-bit/48 kHz.
How can I see which albums or songs are available in Dolby Atmos? If every song in an album is available in Dolby Atmos, you’ll see a Dolby Atmos badge on the album’s detail page. Some songs are only available on a specific edition of an album in Dolby Atmos, in which case you’ll see badges for those specific tracks.
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