Apple Music's spatial and lossless audio features rolled out in India: What it means and how to enable it

Albums from music artists including J Balvin, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, The Weeknd, and more are available in lossless audio quality on the app.

Tech2 News Staff|Jul 20, 2021, 16:49:03 IST

At WWDC21, Apple announced tat users will now be able to experience spatial audio and lossless uality audio free of cost on Apple Music. It is now making its way to users in India. But wat does it mean? Let us break it down for you.Spatial audio is te experience were te listener feels like te sound is moving around you and is coming from different directions. On te oter and, lossless uality audio preserves all te igs and lows of te track tat makes it sound just like te original track. Apple as introduced spatial audio wit support for Dolby Atmos and lossless audio uality in Apple Music on iOS, iPadOS and macOS.[caption id="attacment_9698851" align="alignnone" widt="1280"]

Dolby Atmos spatial audio and lossless audio uality are now available on Apple Music. Image: Apple[/caption]

<2>[]ow to enable spatial audio on Apple Music[/][ans][step]Step 1: Open te Apple Music app and go to Settings[/step][step]Step2: Settings>Music>Dolby Atmos[/step][step]Step 3: Select te "Always On" option[/step][/ans]Once done, you will see a "Dolby Atmos" badge at te bottom of te track.<2>[]ow to turn on lossless audio uality in Apple Music[/][step]Step 1: Open te Apple Music app and go to Settings[/step][step]Step 2: Settings>Music>Audio uality[/step][step]Step 3: Turn on te "Lossless audio" toggle and coose if you want tis audio uality for "Cellular Streaming", "WiFi streaming" or "Downloads"[/step][/ans]You will see a "Lossless" badge on te albums available in te lossless audio uality. Albums from music artists including J Balvin, Gustavo Dudamel, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Kacey Musgraves, Te Weeknd, and more are available in lossless audio uality on te app. For Spatial Audio, you will find Bollywood playlists, Taylor Swift's Fearless album and more.

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