A new report claims Apple has beenworking on bringing higher-resolution audio streaming that's better than CD quality, which sits at about 44kHz/16-bit.
During the Portable Audio Festival in Japan over the weekend, sources that are expected to be headphone manufacturers claim to have learned that Apple has been developing 96kHZ/24-bit audio streaming for Apple Music, according to Japanese website Macotakara.
The sources say Apple is hoping to launch the higher-res streaming sometime during 2016, and would position Apple Music to take on Tidal, which streams at CD-quality.
Likely rumors?
Rumors of Apple working on high-res audio streaming is not new, along with Apple ditching the 3.5mm jack completely for a thinner Lightning port that also doubles an audio output.
The Lightning port allows for higher quality audio through digital signals, while the 3.5mm jack is limited to analog signals that offer CD-quality at best.
Apple officially announced Lightning module for headphones back in 2014, and we've already seen Lightning-port headphones, like the Philips Fidelio M2L.
Of course, we recommend taking all this with a grain of salt, but with iPhone 7 set to bring in an all new iPhone design and new features next year, we wouldn't be too surprised to see high-quality audio streaming from Apple Music as well.
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Via 9to5Mac
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