Bluetooth 5.3 doesn't support lossless audio on its own, but Qualcomm does have a chip(Opens in a new window) which offers lossless audio over this standard, so it's possible that Apple plans to introduce the feature at a later date.
- Does Bluetooth 5.2 support lossless audio?
- Can Bluetooth play lossless audio?
- Can Bluetooth 5 play FLAC?
Does Bluetooth 5.2 support lossless audio?
Bluetooth connections don't support lossless audio.
Can Bluetooth play lossless audio?
Unfortunately, thanks to its inherent bandwidth and codec (coder-decoder used to reduce raw bit bandwidth requirements) limitations, Bluetooth cannot currently deliver lossless audio: all Bluetooth connections to date employ lossy compression based on psychoacoustic masking techniques and while bit-rate efficient, more ...
Can Bluetooth 5 play FLAC?
In fact, with 2 Mbits per second, Bluetooth 5 can theoretically transmit CD-quality PCM stream in stereo, which requires 1.5 Mbps for uncompressed formats or 0.8 to 0.9 Mbps with lossless compression (FLAC or ALAC files, for example).