Apple Music not playing audio in lossless on Mac and iPhone

If my experience is anything to go by, the effective availability of lossless is dependant on the speed of the internet connection. I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t seeing the lossless logo when playing tracks I knew were available in lossless and higher. I have all the right settings in place and had checked what the track quality options were in the File Info tab in MacOS Music. While playing a track, the File Info tab would show AAC as the file type. Then I noticed one track briefly displayed to Lossless logo before it disappeared. So as a test, I downloaded a track and then played it. Sure enough, it plays with the the Lossless logo in place for the duration. By way of background, we live in a rural area with rubbish internet (normal <10mbps, often <5mbps) so I’m assuming Apple must monitor internet throughput and adjust the file accordingly. Interestingly, we can still get lossless to work OK on Tidal, albeit with a lag to start with.

Hi,

Looking at Apple Music library in U.K. , Little Drummer Boy is not lossless, Carpenters track is lossless. I found three versions of the Ariana Grande track none of which play as lossless although the single version suggests that the track is lossless and supports Dolby atmos.

I suggest https://www.apple.com/feedback/apple-music.html

Jim