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The Apple Lossless Encoder (and decoder) were released as open source software under the Apache License version 2.0 on October 27, 2011. [10] [11] [12] On May 17, 2021, Apple announced that they would begin offering lossless audio in Apple Music in June 2021, with all lossless music being encoded using ALAC. [13]
Some references to coding issues surrounding DRM removal of ALAC lossless files on Apple Music seem to indicate that Apple is actively using Fairplay as a DRM on their lossless ALAC files in Apple Music: Download lossless (ALAC)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.117.27.106 18:54, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
It's time to up your audio game. Apple Music and Spotify both announced they will offer lossless audio streaming. Apple will offer it in June, and Spotify will offer it...well, we're not sure yet ...
FLAC is natively supported on IOS 11, including all "iDevices", but only via the Files (Apple) app or iCloud Drive. iTunes does not support FLAC, with Apple only offering native support for their own similar ALAC lossless audio format. Third-party applications are available in the App Store which enable FLAC playback.
Following a series of leaks hinting at the new feature, Apple announced on Monday that lossless audio will be coming to its entire library of songs on Apple Music starting this June. Apple says ...
Apple Music's entire library will be available in lossless soon, but it won't work with AirPods Max. Here's why that's the case. Here's why AirPods Max don't support Apple Music Lossless
The 'Music' category is merely a guideline on commercialized uses of a particular format, not a technical assessment of its capabilities. For example, MP3 and AAC dominate the personal audio market in terms of market share, though many other formats are comparably well suited to fill this role from a purely technical standpoint.
In later years, Apple began offering music videos and movies, which also use AAC for audio encoding. On May 29, 2007, Apple began selling songs and music videos from participating record labels at higher bitrate (256 kbit/s cVBR) and free of DRM, a format dubbed "iTunes Plus" .