Spotify App Code Reveals An Inbound Feature That Is Music To Audiophiles' Ears

For the 260-plus million Spotify subscribers we've got some news that will be quite pleasing to your ears. After being very wishy-washy with its commitment to launch a lossless streaming option, the latest version of the desktop app finally includes this functionality, albeit not visible to users by default.

The findings come from several app code sleuths, but the most detailed report is that of the X account of the Spicetify project -- a CLI tool for customizing the Spotify client -- with several screenshots illustrating the new features. The big one is the availability of lossless streaming at up to 24-bit/44.1-KHz via the FLAC and Widevine codecs. According to Spicetify, the feature will also be available on on Spotify Connect, the Web Player, and in the downloads section. Additionally, there's a new "conect to device" feature that enables lossless streaming to devices via wireless connectivity, and what ...