Spotify Premium: Now Streaming in Lossless Quality

[MattSuda]

Lossless audio quality has been one of the most requested features in the Spotify Community, and now it's finally starting to roll out to Premium listeners in select markets. Premium subscribers will receive a notification in Spotify once Lossless becomes available to them.

Spotify Premium users will be able to listen to high-fidelity music in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC!

Get ready to lose yourself in Lossless with the best sound quality! 🔊

Lossless is rolling out gradually to these markets (more than 50) through October: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria, Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Ireland, Taiwan, Portugal, Israel, Greece, Hungary, Singapore, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Iceland, Serbia, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino.

How to enable Lossless audio quality:

1. Tap on your profile icon in the mobile or desktop app.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Open Media Quality.
4. Select where you want to enable Lossless audio quality: WiFi, cellular, downloads.
   
   ● When Lossless is activated and you tap on your device in the Connect menu, it will show you the file quality of the current song you are listening to and how much data per hour it will use. The file quality will show as Lossless 16-bit or Lossless 24-bit. Files are in the FLAC format and can be up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz.
   
   ● You can also change the audio quality settings from the Connect menu. You will need to enable Lossless manually on each device, even for Connect devices.
   

Lossless overview:

● Lossless is available on mobile, desktop, and tablet, as well as on many devices that support Spotify Connect, including Sony, Bose, Samsung, Sennheiser, and more. Support for additional devices, including those from Sonos and Amazon, is coming soon.

Note: Some Connect-enabled devices don't support Lossless quality

● Everyone listens differently, so there are custom settings for WiFi, cellular, and downloads. Choose between Low, Normal, High, Very High, and now Lossless music quality to provide maximum flexibility and control. You'll be able to see how much data each of these requires to make choosing easier.

● Only music is available in Lossless audio quality. Music Videos, Podcasts, and Audiobooks are not available in Lossless quality.

● Lossless uses a lot more data and requires a strong internet connection. Lossless also uses more storage for downloaded songs. WiFi is the recommended connection for streaming music and downloading songs for offline listening.

● Lossless is not always recommended for use on cellular, metered, or weaker internet connections. When you enable Lossless for the different quality settings, there will be a few different prompts. These prompts will ask you to acknowledge that for smooth playback, you'll want a strong WiFi or cellular connection and that Lossless will use a lot more data and storage. This is to ensure that you understand Lossless uses more data and it helps to prevent unexpected charges on capped data plans.

● It is recommended to stream Lossless music on WiFi using wired headphones or speakers on a non-Bluetooth connection, like Spotify Connect. Currently, Bluetooth doesn't provide enough bandwidth to transmit lossless audio, so the signal has to be compressed before being sent.

● You will need to enable Lossless manually on each device, even for Connect devices. When Lossless is activated, the app makes it clear that it's activated and which device you are streaming from. In the desktop and mobile app, look for the green Lossless label on the Now Playing view / bar and on the Connect Picker.

● Once you have activated Lossless for streaming, the quality changes for the next song, it does not change mid song.

● Note: The Spotify app prioritizes downloads ahead of streaming. If you have songs that were previously downloaded with a lower quality setting than Lossless, then those lower quality downloads will play even if you are currently connected to WiFi and have Streaming quality set to Lossless.

Downloaded songs will be played in the quality that they were originally downloaded in, even if you are currently streaming on a WiFi connection. If you want your downloaded songs (and Offline Backup) to play in Lossless quality, you will need to delete them first and then re-download them. If you change the streaming quality to a lower setting, song files that were already cached in a higher quality will be preferred during playback until the cache is updated or cleared.

You can read more info about Lossless in the Spotify Newsroom post:

➜ Lossless Listening Arrives on Spotify Premium With a Richer, More Detailed Listening Experience

You can get more help with Lossless and changing audio quality settings in the support articles:

➜ Spotify Support Article: Lossless Audio Quality

➜ Spotify Support Article: Audio Quality

➜ Spotify Support Article: Spotify Connect

[JamesKenway]

Next, let's wait until October to see which regions they will synchronize to.Next, I am also a premium user.🤔

[lnielse1]

i do not see the option for lossless. the only options are from low to very high. wassup wit dat?

[JamesKenway]

The function of lossless sound quality has not been synchronized to your country or region. Which country and region are you in?anyway, wait patiently~

[ysul0614]

@Lemon15 Hey, I feel you. I'm also from Japan, and I still haven't gotten access after 3 days.

Just like you, I've also contacted Spotify support, but with no luck.

I think the situation might be a bit different in Japan because it does seem like a lot of JP Spotify users on X seem to have already gotten access to lossless audio, and it does really feel like we without the access are the minorities (at least in the scope of Japan).

What I see there is a bit different from the case in English forums like here or in Reddit, where a lot of people in the eligible countries are saying that they still haven't gotten access.

It is certainly frustrating to see everyone else around you(even people who subscribed recently!)  getting lossless while long-time premium users aren't even allowed to try it out.

I mean, if it really doesn't get rolled out for up to a few weeks, that's basically telling us "keep watching other people in the same country, paying  the exact same price, get more features for 50% of our subscription period", so I wouldn't think it's hard to imagine the frustration there.

I'm a dev myself and I do understand the reason behind having to roll this feature out gradually, but Spotify, please at least provide some means to enable lossless manually for those of us who really want to try it out. Even so, I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't even turn it on manually, and you wouldn't have too much added load on your system anyway.

[vittr]

I genuinely don't understand why it takes them so long to launch these features worldwide, it's actually quite funny 

[JamesKenway]

😔

[beachdude42]

I understand a gradual rollout, but you’d think they’d be increasing the pace by now… been over 3 days since the announcement and it feels like MAYBE 5% or less of Premium users have the feature actually available… in a Reddit thread I’m in with about 50 comments, ONE person has it available. None of my friends in various parts of the US who have Premium have it yet. There’s slow-rolling and then there’s… whatever this is.

[RelaxxDE]

The announcement was made 4 days ago and I am from Germany and so far I don't know anyone who has lossless

[Lemon15]

As for the situation in Japan, I can see from my family’s accounts, my friends, and the reactions in online communities that almost everyone else already has access to Lossless. And yet, here I am, on the morning of the fourth day since the rollout began, still unable to use it.
From what I’ve read, in other countries the situation seems to be the opposite of Japan, which is surprising. But imagine this: everyone around you is enjoying Lossless, while you alone are left out. Paying the same amount, yet being denied the same quality — it’s truly humiliating.

To be honest, I have considered switching to other services many times. But ever since Spotify announced Spotify HiFi back in 2020, I held on to a small hope that better audio quality was just around the corner. That hope is the only reason I stayed and endured for years. And yet, this is how I’m treated — it feels truly unfair.

[JamesKenway]

It's the truth. I even want to use apple Music instead Spotify

[sy55]

I live in Japan and have a Premium Duo subscription. I also can't enable lossless playback. I received a notification in the app on September 10th, so I thought it would be available soon. My wife is also a Duo member and has already enabled lossless playback. This feels unfair and disappointing, and I think Spotify needs to fix this situation as soon as possible.

[umee2256]

Hi, I received a notification about Spotify Lossless on my account, but I still can’t find the option in either the mobile or desktop app.

I’ve already updated to the latest version and tried logging out/in, but nothing has changed.

Is this because the rollout is still account-based and I just need to wait until it’s enabled for me?

I really want to use Lossless as soon as possible, so I’d appreciate any clarification.

Thanks!

[JamesKenway]

Just wait, 😐it should be pushed very slowly before October, at least my area is not even on the first list . I was very excited to hear that Spotify was going to launch lossless sound quality a few years ago, but now I have no hope, and I still pay for this application. I saw someone testing lyrics translation three years ago, but this function has not been implemented yet. Every time I listen to Spanish or Japanese Korean songs, I even have to go to another music App, and there are a bunch of useless functions that they always put in it. I don't know why.🙁🙁

[Lemon15]

Your understanding is correct — the rollout is account-based, and it means we have to wait until it becomes available. And yes, this is something we need to understand as a technical necessity.
However, Spotify already has the precedent of Spotify HiFi. Since around 2021, the company has been announcing the possibility of improved audio quality, yet it took more than four years before rolling out a service that actually corresponds to that promise. For years, the possibility was suggested, but nothing was delivered.

That is why I believe Spotify should at least provide a clear timeline for each region — specifically, by when all Premium users will be able to access Lossless.

[Graham43]

Yeah this **bleep**. It’s been 4days and on day one they said some users in Australia already have it so why don’t I have it? How long do we have to wait?
But they happily took my money today with a price increase to boot.. Shouldn’t it just automatically activate for everyone who has a premium account in each region ? 

[JamesKenway]

That's righttt! What does Spotify think of putting some unimportant areas on the last line without losing sound quality? From their perspective, for example, Nigeria, they think that people in Nigeria have subscribed for premium user for a whole year for only $30, but in our eyes, the price is the same.😓😓Moreover, India is not on the list this time. For the same reason, if one day it has lossless sound quality, whether it is this year or next year, I don't think it is right, but it makes me feel like a surprise, yes, the so-called "surprise"😂😂

[Lemon15]

Excuse me, but is the team actually monitoring this community? As a paid subscription service, it should be more than obvious that simply saying “gradual rollout” is nowhere near sufficient as an explanation.

[Inuk]

All the excitement here is incomprehensible. Is Spotify really so bad without lossless that people can't wait any longer? If we didn't know about it, the issue wouldn't even exist and everyone would be happy.

As has already been explained here several times, the feature is coming in waves. So there's nothing you can do to change this process, just relax and the feature will come when it comes! Happy Sunday!

[mattcragwick]

Yeah I’m not seeing an option to enable lossless audio. And it is the one reason I returned to Spotify after 3+ years. Yet I can’t seem to activate it??????

[nunkoipki]

Spotify has perfected the fine art of torture. For years, we’ve been lured in with promises of lossless audio — always dangled in front of us, never quite delivered. And now, at last… is it here? Or is this just another shimmering mirage on the horizon? 

In classic Spotify style, the rollout comes with no real schedule, no clear plan — just a slow drip of ambiguity designed to keep us hooked. It’s the bittersweet agony of anticipation, stretched out like the final notes of a song that refuses to end. And somehow, Spotify makes sure we feel every second of it. 

Thankful for that experience!