topic Lossless downloads on Android device are greyed out in Android

Lossless files, added to your playlist via local files don't play on android device

Taddy_P — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:36:46 GMT

I have done this for years, and there is lots of music out there that's not available on Spotify. Luckily, I have been able to have local files added to a playlist, and as long as I am connected to the same wi-fi network as my PC, the local files get downloaded to my Android phone.

This is still the case with mp3 files, but not with lossless files, even though Spotify is now offering Lossless audio on all devices.

What's up with this? - I've used Spotify for years but some times I feel like unsubscribing and use other streaming services to avoid the need to use local files for certain songs.

A fix for this would be fantastic, this is for me personally, a very big issue.

Re: Lossless files, added to your playlist via local files don't play on android device

Novy — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:03:42 GMT

Hi there, @Taddy_P

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to the Spotify Community!

The Lossless experience Spotify offers is within our own catalog (content availability depends on the artist/right holders). Hi-Fi audio formats might not be supported as local files. The local files feature supports MP3, MP4, and M4P files. Other formats like FLAC or WAV may play on the desktop app, but could be buggy or not sync to mobile devices. If you're using supported formats and still having some issues, ensure your audio files are not DRM-protected. You can check the file properties (under the "Details" tab in your File Explorer) for this information.

Also, make sure you are running the latest version of the Spotify app on all of your devices. In addition, you can give your vote to this idea about having FLAC files supported in mobile devices (if you subscribe to the idea or vote on it you can receive updates about this).

If you have any other doubts, just let us know!

Lossless downloads on Android device are greyed out

meadowcroftt — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:43:03 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

Samsung S22

Operating System

Android 16

My Question or Issue

Does Spotify support FLAC locally downloaded files on Android? My experience says no: The latest version of Spotify invited me to experience lossless streaming on my Android device. I turned all the lossless options on and tried to download a FLAC locally owned music file onto Spotify. The FLAC file is greyed out and unavailable to play. This is exactly the same behavior as in the times before Spotify offered lossless streaming. Nothing's changed. p.s. The FLAC file does play on my Win11 desktop - just like always.