Spotify's Lossless audio quality is finally here

Update 10/09/25 – 4:45 pm (IST): It’s official! Spotify has announced that “Lossless on Spotify Premium is here.” So all the rumors about a price increase can be ignored. Premium users will get the feature without any additional cost.

Here’s a neat guide to set your audio quality to lossless:

As for availability, the company says it’s “rolling out gradually to more than 50 markets through October. Premium subscribers in Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, the US, and the UK have already started to get access.”

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After years of promises and delays, Spotify might actually be testing lossless audio with real users. I stumbled across some intriguing screenshots on Reddit earlier today that show the long-awaited feature appearing in people’s apps.

A user posted three screenshots to r/spotify, showing a “Lossless 16-bit” option sitting right there in their audio quality settings. The images reveal specs that audiophiles have been craving: up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC files consuming up to 1 GB per hour of listening. That’s a massive jump from Spotify’s current “Very High” quality at 320 kbps.

Apart from this thread, I also found a few other posts, like this one with a screenshot reportedly from a user in China.

Then, a user from the Netherlands rocking an Android also posted about bagging the Lossless quality setting on their Spotify app.

It’s not a huge surprise though. Earlier this year, journalists and code sleuths turned up references in beta builds and leaked UI elements suggesting support for FLAC and up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz playback. Outlets such as TechCrunch and The Verge had flagged these code strings and the hidden UI that pointed toward a lossless option under development.

Just keep in mind that screenshots can be faked easily, especially nowadays. So take this with a grain of salt. That said, I find them to be legit and expect an official announcement soon. The interface matches Spotify’s current design language, and the technical specifications align with what we’d expect from a proper lossless rollout.

I couldn’t find the option even with the latest version on Android and iOS. But that’s no surprise either, because Spotify usually A/B tests features before a wider release. Even others in the discussions mention that they don’t see the Lossless option either in the media quality settings.

If this rollout proves real, Spotify would finally join Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Tidal in offering CD-quality streaming. The company has been notably absent from the lossless wars while competitors pushed higher-quality audio as a key differentiator.

Whether this becomes available to all premium subscribers or gets locked behind a more expensive tier remains unclear. But after countless false alarms over the years, seeing actual user interfaces gives me hope that Spotify lossless might actually happen this time.