Spotify Releases Lossless Audio

Mark Renker

11 Sep 2025 — 1 min read

Lossless audio is rolling out to Spotify Premium users. Apparently they are using the FLAC lossless audio format instead of developing their own audio codec. The bit depth and sampling rates are 24-bit and 44.1 kHz, respectively. Why on earth didn't they release this feature before? From what I've read, the reasons were economic and had to do with the difficult logistics of integrating lossless audio into their tiered pricing system, especially considering the fact that their competitors have started providing lossless audio as a "no extra cost" option for paid users. It's still baffling to me, but at least it exists now!

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