{"id":86652,"date":"2021-07-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=86652"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:07:06","slug":"homepod-15-beta-software-adds-lossless-audio-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/homepod-15-beta-software-adds-lossless-audio-support\/","title":{"rendered":"HomePod 15 beta software adds lossless audio support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@howardbouchevereau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Howard BouchevereauHire<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366FF\">Apple recently rolled out the beta software update for the HomePod and HomePod Mini, introducing lossless audio support. <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/this-week-in-apple-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple<\/a> recently released a new bet aversion of the HomePod 15 software that appears to have added lossless audio support to both the <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/apple-to-discontinue-the-original-homepod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discontinued HomePod<\/a> and the HomePod Mini.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/this-week-in-apple-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Music<\/a> recently added lossless audio to its streaming service at no extra fee, making it the standard on the platform. In a support document, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-download-apple-music-songs-to-your-apple-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple<\/a> announced that it was to bring the new technology to its devices such as the HomePod and HomePod Mini. However, no date was announced, but it appears that it\u2019s now available through the beta software, meaning it won\u2019t be long till it\u2019s rolled out to the public on mass.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2021\/07\/12\/homepod-software-15-beta-3-brings-lossless-audio-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9to5Mac<\/a> users with the HomePod 15 beta software can enable <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/apple-spatial-and-lossless-coming-to-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lossless audio<\/a> by opening the Home app, tapping the &#8216;Home&#8217; icon in the upper left corner, selecting \u2018Home Settings\u2019 and then tapping user profile. Once you\u2019ve done that, scroll down to \u2018Media\u2019 and select the \u2018Apple Music\u2019 tab, toggling on \u2018Lossless Audio\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be clear when you\u2019re playing a track with <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-listen-to-apple-music-in-up-to-24-bit-192-khz-the-best-dac-headphones-and-speakers-for-hi-res-lossless-audio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lossless audio<\/a> as a wave-like icon will appear on the Apple Music player.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HomePod 15 beta is only available by invite only from Apple themselves and it is not widely available to developers or public beta testers. 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