Highlights
- A lot of Spotify users (696M active monthly listeners) were eagerly waiting for the lossless audio quality.
- Spotify announced it last month on September 10, 2025; it was previously knows as Spotify HiFi
- It is rolling out globally in more than 50 countries in batches and will be available for all by October end.
Spotify lossless audio, previously announced as Spotify HiFi, is finally rolling out to premium subscribers throughout the globe, covering over 50 countries at once.
You may or may not see the settings instantly, but by the end of October 2025, Spotify promised that it will be available for all the premium subscribers. There is no news that Spotify will allow free users to test it.
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Some users reported that they received the notification from the Spotify app on their smartphone that lossless audio is coming soon to your account. And some users said that they got the access even without any notification.
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Follow the guide till the last to enable lossless audio in Spotify and enjoy the immersive & ultra-high-quality music on your smartphone.
How to Enable Lossless Audio in Spotify
The steps are straightforward; you just need to follow these 3-4 steps, and you are good to go:
- Open the Spotify app either on your iPhone or Android.
- Tap on your name icon or profile pic located at the top-left corner.
- And then select Settings and privacy.
- Now, you are on the settings page; tap on the Media quality sub-settings.
- You will see two streaming quality options: Wi-Fi streaming quality and Cellular streaming quality.
- Under each, you can select Lossless (Up to 1GB/hr, Up to 24-bit/44.1kHz • FLAC)
Spotify vs. Apple Music, Amazon Music and other high-res services
Before discussing anything, let’s first check the number:
- Spotify: up to 24-bit/44.1kHz • FLAC
- Apple Music: up to 24-bit/192kHz • ALAC
- Amazon Music Unlimited: up to 24-bit/192kHz • FLAC
- Tidal: up to 24-bit/192kHz • FLAC
- Deezer: up to 16-bit/44.1kHz • FLAC
So, it is pretty clear from the numbers that Spotify isn’t even trying; it’s not even in the top 3 among 5 competitors. Even the less used Amazon Music, with 80 million users vs. Spotify’s massive 696 million monthly active users, is providing much superior music quality.
At this moment, Spotify has the highest numbers in terms of monthly active listeners, but in terms of quality, Spotify is providing the worst quality music experience.
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Should you enable Spotify lossless audio feature?
Well, yes, “something is better than nothing”; this quote fits here perfectly, although Spotify isn’t providing the superior quality if we compare it to other providers, but it is still better than listening in low quality ( Very High – Up to 320kbps).
Note that once you enable the lossless audio feature on Spotify, you will be burning a lot more data than earlier. The very high quality on Spotify uses only 0.14 GB per hour, whereas lossless quality will use up to 1 GB per hour of listening.
If you have any questions regarding this article, do let us know about it in the comments section below. And if you have successfully enabled the lossless audio in Spotify, do let me know about it on X by tagging me.
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