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Is there a way of casting music from Apple Play to Google home that provide better quality than mp3?
I have Apple Music enabled on Google home but what to have more control over what I play than can be provided by voice instruction
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Hi Adverseselection,
Thanks for coming to Apple Support Communities for help today.
It sounds like you are interested in lossless audio for Apple Music. You can learn more about this feature here: About lossless audio in Apple Music, however, your Google device won't play lossless from Apple Music.
"How to listen to lossless on your iPhone or iPad
What you need
You can listen to lossless on an iPhone or iPad updated to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS using:
How to turn lossless on or off
Have a fantastic day!
Thanks for the info. On a closely related point, I have purchased a quality pair of active speaker which accept lossless music from a WiSA transmitter which is set up for Airplay 2, Roon, Spotify connect etc. I'm interested in understanding, if I play Apple music over it using Airplay operated from my Mac or iPhone, is the music stream actually passing through my Apple device, or is the device being used only as a controller? The intention of my question is to understand whether and to what extent, the music quality may be compromised.
Hi Adverseselection,
It would depend on the technology used by your speakers. As a general rule, you will be streaming content from your Apple device to the speakers. This allows you to stream audio from different apps to your speakers.
You can find additional information online here: Use AirPlay to stream audio.
Hey there Adverseselection,
It looks like that's something we're not going to have an answer for, but for the Apple side of things regarding your original question, it looks like your questions have been answered.
If you do need more help regarding the lossless audio feature, we wanted to make sure you had this for your reference: About lossless audio in Apple Music We also wanted to make sure you had a way to contact Apple Support just in case you do need more help with this as they'll be in the best position to continue with you: Get Support
Please keep in mind that you may want to contact Google Support about possible higher audio features for their devices.
Cheers!
I think the WiSA transmitter is good for 24/96, but with a coax connection between the speakers, they’ll do 24/192
non mp3 Apple Play to Google home
