After four years, Spotify finally made good on its promise to add a high-fidelity, “lossless” audio setting to its platform last week. The new setting, which sits above the service’s “very high” audio ...

Spotify on Thursday announced a series of updates to its AI policy, designed to better indicate when AI is being used to make music, to cut down on spam, and to make it clearer that unauthorized voice ...

Spotify has recently added lossless audio to its premium service, joining Apple Music. Here’s what that means for listeners and how the two compare. Music streaming is about to sound different for ...

"Sony Music Group and Spotify have long been mutually committed to advancing music streaming and growing the marketplace for all," Sony Music Group chairman Rob Stringer said. By Ethan Millman Music ...

Deradoorian is the latest artist to pull music from Spotify. The singer-songwriter and former Dirty Projectors member cited chief executive Daniel Ek’s weapons investments—the main motive for the ...

Spotify and Sony Music Group have reached an agreement for a new multi-year global licensing deal, the companies announced on Wednesday. The companies didn't disclose specifics on the deal beyond ...

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Apple Music leads in audio quality: lossless up to 24-bit/192kHz plus Spatial Audio (Dolby Atmos). Spotify offers some lossless (24-bit/44.1kHz), but selection and top-end quality still lag Apple.

"Lossless" and "lossy" are both types of compression. A zipped file is lossless, because when you unzip it, every original bit is still there from the original file. A JPEG, however, is a "lossy" file ...

Under new rules Spotify announced today, an AI “band” like the now-infamous Velvet Sundown will still be allowed on the service, but would be encouraged to label itself properly from the start.