It's all rather late. Thse interested in CD Quality Lossless already have a wealth of choice,
1,411kbps is precisely the bitrate of Lossless 16-Bit / 44Khz or better known as CD Quality Lossless as we already knew. This suggests it won't be 24-Bit audio as some reports have suggested.
Details in the build show that Spotify plans to show whether a user's device is compatible or not with its lossless HiFi audio.
Which is all rather strange when all devices are compatible with Spotifty Connect AFAIK. Spotify don't block Spotify Connct on lower tier deivces.
Unlss I'm mistaken, there's no such thing as an incompatible device. The chepest $100 Android device will be able to play Spotify's Lossless audio provided it's on the same Wifi network as the Spotify Connect enabled speakwer.
It's not the device that makes all this work but the wireless technology being used.
It's obvious Spotify Connect is going to be needed, like Tidal Connect is needed for Lossless on Tiday. For all intents and purpose bluetooth is Lossy.
This has been the problem for the longest time with customers wanting higher quality audio but expecting to get this over bluetooth and just assuming their bluetooth speaker is capable of more than Lossy audio. Bluetooth just isn't designed for Lossless audio today.
The company's early UI adds that "most devices (Bluetooth) can play music quality better than Very High" but such devices may not support lossless audio.
Not by much they can't. In the main Bluetooth is still all Lossy and only a handful of earbuds can support CD Quality Lossless over Bluetooth.
Spotify's "Very High" is also 16-Bit / 44Khz but it's Lossy at a bitrate of 320Kbps. Which is the max Spotify currently offers.
This suggests Spotify is also considering a new Higher quality Lossy audio level. Higher than their "Very High" but lower than their Lossless tier.
None of which interests me as Spotify still isn't offering more than CD Quality in their Lossless tier. Tidal, Amazon, Apple all also offer High Res too.
It would be a shame if Spotify went down the "it may work" route to suggest users are getting something in reality most aren't. It's not a lie but is intentionally being loose with the truth.
Qobuz's support articles say you maybe able to get High Res using Chromecast even though they've admitted to lock their High Res streams over Chromecast to 24-Bit / 96Khz because that's the maximum it can support. You won't be getting Qobuz's 24 / 192 tracks at that level, but Qobuz's wording is intentionally vague in this regard.
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