Apple HomePod and HomePod mini can’t play lossless Apple Music, either
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Today, we learned that Apple's ultra-premium $550 AirPods Max headphones aren't ready for the new lossless audio catalog coming to Apple Music next month - and they're not alone. Apple confirms to The Verge that the HomePod and HomePod mini won't support lossless audio, either. (MacRumors confirmed the same thing with sources earlier this afternoon.)
The good news is that the HomePod and HomePod mini will indeed support the company's new spatial audio experiences, which are supposed to provide more immersive audio than a standard stereo or virtual surround mix - we were fairly intrigued trying spatial audio on the AirPods Pro, and it's also coming to Apple Music next month in a bigger way.
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