Apple Music's Lossless, Spatial audio now available for Android users
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New Delhi: Apple Music app for Android is now adding the Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos, as part of the new update that is gradually rolling out on the Google Play Store.
However, not all Android devices support Dolby Atmos yet, as per a media report.
In a delight for millions of music aficionados globally and in India, Apple on July 20 launched Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio on Apple Music at no additional cost.
The whole idea behind the Dolby Atmos spatial audio is to make users feel as if they are hearing three-dimensional audio while using headphones, recreating a cinema-like experience.
Apple Music also made its catalogue of more than 75 million songs available to its subscribers in Lossless Audio in India.
Apple uses ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) to preserve every single bit of the original audio file. This means fans will be able to hear their favourite songs exactly the way the artists created them in the studio.
By default, Apple Music is playing Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos tracks on all AirPods and Beats headphones with an H1 or W1 chip, as well as the built-in speakers in the latest versions of iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos gives artists the opportunity to create immersive audio experiences for their fans with true multi-dimensional sound and clarity that comes from all around and from above the listener.
Apple Music is also offering a special set of editorially-curated Spatial Audio playlists to help listeners find the music they love and enable further discovery.
Not just Apple, Amazon Music has also announced that it would support lossless streaming and spatial audio with Dolby Atmos.
Swedish streaming giant Spotify also plans to launch a lossless audio feature soon.