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.

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.

TIDAL: No More MQA or 360 Reality Audio. Starting July 24, 2024, TIDAL subscribers will no longer be able to access music in the MQA or Sony 360 Reality Audio (360RA) formats.. Stereo Sound: TIDAL ...

On the linked support page, Tidal notes that, “while we have at least 16-bit, 44.1 kbps FLAC versions for nearly all MQA tracks today, we may not have a replacement for every single one.

Who would pay the higher premium for TIDAL Hi-Fi Plus for lossless 16-bit/44.1kHz PCM playback?. Dorogusker even hints at the fact that MQA may still have a place at TIDAL with the following statement ...

With more access to hi-res audio comes a hi-res price tag. You need a HiFi Plus subscription to access FLAC streams, which costs $20 per month. Tidal recently increased the price for standard ...

ALAC vs FLAC vs WMA Lossless: lossless audio formats. Everyone loves a FLAC. A lossless file, the FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is compressed to nearly half the size of an uncompressed WAV or AIFF ...

FLAC, or Free Lossless Audio Codec, is a digital audio format that can offer studio-quality sound without requiring a whole lot of storage space. The small file size is important as these ...