A new update to the Apple Music beta app on the Google Play Store appears to confirm that lossless audio quality is coming.
HI-RES AUDIO and APPLE MUSIC the right way!
Earlier this month, 9To5Mac reported that code in iOS 14.6 beta 1 revealed the possibility of High-Fidelity audio support in Apple Music, hinting at upcoming support for Dolby Atmos and Dolby Audio. Now, code spotted in a recently released beta update for Apple Music on Android seemingly confirms the feature’s impending arrival.
Based on information discovered by 9To5Google while digging into the app’s APK (short for Android Package) files, Apple is planning to implement high-quality audio streaming and downloads in the future. This would bring the subscription service on par with other high-quality streaming options like Tidal and Spotify’s upcoming Hi-Fi subscription.
9To5google was also able to find several prompts in the code for the new application, including a warning to users about the additional data usage that lossless audio can entail. The code reads: "Lossless audio files retain every detail of the original file. Enabling this will use significantly more data."
