Apple has allegedly added support for lossless FLAC audio files in iOS 11, according to reports from Reddit users who have installed copies of the developer beta, spotted by The Next Web.

Tidal allows users to stream in three tiers of audio quality: low, high, and max. Low uses AAC files, which go up to 320kbps. High offers CD-quality lossless FLAC files.

Apple has quietly included support for playback of FLAC audio files on the 4K Apple TV, iPhone 8, and iPhone X, with compatibility also added retroactively to the iPhone 7 when iOS 11 gets its ...

Apple added support for FLAC, a universal open-source standard, to all of its major platforms last year. While most will never use this audio format, it’s nice to see Apple taking audio ...

Chrome users have been requesting FLAC support to be added to the browser since 2011, according to a report from 9to5Google. These appeals reached a fever pitch in 2015, but work didn’t actually ...

FLAC support is already live in Chrome OS version 55 on Chromebooks. Click on a FLAC file in Chrome OS and it opens in the system’s audio player complete with album art.

From an OS-level, Windows 10 and apps that take advantage of system APIs for audio decoding have native support for FLAC. Meanwhile, Android added support starting in 3.1 Honycomb, with files ...

An unexpected feature of Apple's first iOS 11 developer beta is rudimentary support for FLAC audio playback, which may hint at broader compatibility coming in the final release.

This audio app is so good, you’ll forget it’s not part of Windows 11 My favorite Windows File Explorer replacement just got better Are you excited for native FLAC support in Windows 10?

Redditors combing through the iOS 11 beta have spotted what appears to be a way to access lossless FLAC files, according to The Next Web.This ability appears to come as part of iOS 11's Files app ...

Why this matters: Windows 10’s FLAC support will be a big boost for the format, as users will be able to just click on a file to play it with no extra hassle. Just to speculate a bit, if users ...

FLAC audio files are very large, but the audio quality is superb. Windows has long forced users to turn to downloadable third-party audio codec packs to support FLAC, along with several other codecs.