

While you’ll be able to stream it to any device running iOS 14.6 or iPadOS 14.6, you really won’t hear it at its maximum quality (24-bit / 192KHz) unless you use a wired connection to an external receiver, speaker or pair of headphones – any Bluetooth pair of headphones you use will compress the audio.

That said, getting Lossless Audio isn’t as easy.

It's super widely supported, so if you have some new Apple headphones and a new iOS device, you're probably all set. The good news? It probably is.įirst off, you’ll want a subscription to Apple Music (duh) but otherwise Spatial Audio is supported on most Apple devices including the latest iPhone, iPad, and Mac (M1 chips) as well as the Apple TV 4K (2017), Apple TV 4K (2021), AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max and Beats headphones with the H1 or W1 chip. (Image credit: TechRadar) What you need for Spatial Audio and Lossless AudioĪt this point, you might be wondering if your audio setup is ready to handle Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio.
