The first beta for iOS version 14.6 indicates that Apple will soon be offering a new Apple Music subscription with support for hi-res audio, aka Hi-Fi audio. Hi-Fi stands for High Fidelity (rather ...

How to Do High-Res Audio. To play Hi-Res Audio files, you’ll need an audio system that supports these higher-quality formats and a digital-to-analog converter that can process the higher-resolution ...

Update 5/17: Apple has announced high-res lossless audio for Apple Music, launching in June.This article has been updated to reflect the news. We’ve heard rumors of a new AirPods design for some ...

Why would that even be mentioned unless Apple plans on offering Hi-Res audio as an option? The plot thickens. Or it just makes things murkier for consumers, Spotify, and Qobuz. For more information: ...

According to several insiders familiar with Apple, whose products are exhibited at PORTABLE AUDIO FESTIVAL 2015, the company has been developing Hi-Res Audio streaming up to 96kHz/24bit in 2016.

Many companies proved their support for hi-res audio is unwavering at IFA 2015. ... Until Spotify and Apple Music start offering hi-res, it’s a good bet the format won’t take off.

Hi-res audio is no longer the sole preserve of audiophiles, and Apple and Amazon are the first companies to recognize this. Here’s hoping the other major streaming services follow suit soon.

Going by the specific metric set out by the Hi-Res Audio guidelines, some of Apple Music's basic lossless ALAC streams qualify – and at a maximum of 24-bit/48kHz, they do scrape in.

And despite the fact that Apple has supported lossless and high-resolution lossless audio for years, the AirPods Max did not support this codec in any way, shape, or form.

Tech; Audio; Apple wants you to forget Hi-Res: it's using incentives to push Spatial Audio. Apple offers much higher royalty payments to artists releasing music in Spatial Audio – even if nobody ...