I've been listening to Spotify Lossless for a few days here are 3 things I love and 2 I don't

Date:
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:26:10 +0000

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From vocal clarity, to its unfortunate bugs, these are my peaks and pits of Spotify Lossless so far.

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Spotify has finally joined the lossless audio gang, and since it started rolling out, you could say that Ive been making up for lost time. Ive had Spotify Lossless enabled for the best part of a week now, and the experience has been 50/50.

Though theres a slight improvement, Lossless hasnt necessarily been a universal hit with fans and theres definitely room for growth. With that said, my personal experience has been adequate, but Im still going forward with Lossless as my default setting, even if my brain is playing tricks on
me.

There are a few factors that have stood out to me, some of which Ive enjoyed, and some not quite as much. Lets get into it. Likes Stronger vocal layers (Image credit: Spotify )

This stood out to me the most upon my initial listening experience, mainly because vocals are the first thing my ears go to when listening to music especially if Im blasting a dynamic pop song.

Across the board of genres, Ive picked up on the improvement of vocal
clarity. I also find that backing vocals are more present, bringing out
hidden layers in a track I might not have heard before. Punchy bass

One of my must-haves in a song is a catchy bass, which does wonders for
hyping me while Im getting ready, or keeping me motivated while running.
Since enabling Lossless, Ive definitely noticed a small, yet significant difference.

This is particularly the case with Lady Gagas song Abracadabra which Ive listened to countless times before switching to Lossless. Compatibility with Spotify Connect (Image credit: Future)

Though I rely on headphones to listen to Spotify most of the time, I resort
to smart speakers and soundbars when I want to switch it up. Luckily, Spotify Lossless is compatible with devices that support Spotify Connect, including Sony, Bose, and more. Support for Sonos and Amazon devices will land next month which is music to my Echo Pops ears. Dislikes It has quite a few bugs

The first of its many bugs occurred when I first enabled Lossless. When I shuffled one of my personal playlists, it only played downloaded songs and skipped over the ones that werent. I no longer have experiences with this,
but there are still other issues.

When it came to listening to my downloaded playlists on Wi-Fi, the Lossless indication label disappeared from the playback bar. I resolved this by removing the playlist from my downloads and then re-downloading it, and it worked fine but this is still an occurrence for me. Bluetooth is getting in the way (Image credit: Pexels - Ivan Samkov )

Though Lossless works with Spotify Connect, its not there yet on the
Bluetooth front as theres not enough bandwidth to transmit lossless audio. This is quite a big disadvantage as a large majority of subscribers, which includes me, use Bluetooth headphones or earbuds most of the time. Instead, Spotify suggests using wired headphones. You might also like Its about time Spotify is finally upgrading its free tier with these Premium-style features Spotify Lossless is way overdue and very welcome if you have the hardware to hear it This is one of the most confusing updates they've ever done: Spotify users are frustrated with the absence of audio mixing and Messages features



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