Does Apple Music always show the lossless icon?

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Does Apple Music always show the lossless icon?

It seems that the lossless icon does not show up most of the time during playback in Apple Music even though the albums are supposed to in high-res lossless. But I manage to see the icon occasionally to confirm that I am getting lossless. Here are some screen shots to show the problem. You can see that the Dirt Femme album is supposed to be lossless. There is no lossless icon in the song playback. But I see the lossless icon when playing songs from a different album. Why is there discrepancy between the two?

iPhone SE (2nd generation)

Posted on Sep 8, 2023 11:58 AM

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Sep 11, 2023 10:35 AM in response to Sheree_P

After some additional research, I discovered that the actual answer is that just because the album page say it is lossless, it doesn't mean that all songs in that album are lossless. Honestly, I think Apple Music's practice here is deceptive. Don't say the album is available in lossless when only some songs are. Apple Music should provide an indicator that only some songs are lossless.

The portion of lossless music within the catalog is actually very small based on my sampling. Those that are 24bit/192kHtz is tiny.

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Sheree_P

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Sep 9, 2023 02:18 PM in response to musicforalex

Hey musicforalex,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

"If music is available in lossless, appears on album pages. When you turn on Lossless Audio in Settings > Music > Audio Quality, the Lossless badge also appears in Now Playing.

The other album that you're finding the song on may not be available in lossless. For more details, click here: Listen to lossless music on iPhone.

For more information about lossless audio, check out this article: About lossless audio in Apple Music.

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Does Apple Music always show the lossless icon?

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