Apple Music Hi-Res Lossless and quality info issues on iOS 27

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Apple Music Hi-Res Lossless and quality info issues on iOS 27

Hello,

I’m experiencing two issues with the Apple Music app since updating my iPhone to the final release of iOS 27 last week.

Everything was working correctly up until the last iOS 27 beta. However, after installing the final version of iOS 27, I noticed the following issues:

1. Hi-Res Lossless playback

In Apple Music settings, both music playback and downloads are set to the highest available quality: Hi-Res Lossless.

However, Apple Music is currently playing certain albums in Lossless quality instead of Hi-Res Lossless, even though the album information clearly states that Hi-Res Lossless is available.

This also happens after downloading the album to the device. The album is downloaded with the settings configured for Hi-Res Lossless, but playback still appears to be limited to Lossless.

My question is: if an album is available in Hi-Res Lossless, why is Apple Music not playing it in that quality when Hi-Res Lossless is selected in the settings?

2. Missing audio quality information

The second issue is that the detailed audio quality information has disappeared from most albums.

Previously, Apple Music displayed information such as:

Lossless / Hi-Res Lossless
16-bit or 24-bit
Sample rate (e.g. 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 96 kHz, etc.)

Now, for most albums, the only information displayed is “Lossless”, with no indication of the bit depth or sample rate.

I have attached screenshots showing both issues.

These problems appeared after updating to the final release of iOS 27 and were not present in the earlier beta version.

Could you please confirm whether this is a known issue in iOS 27 / Apple Music and whether it is expected to be addressed in a future update?

Thank you.

iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 27

Posted on Sep 21, 2026 11:33 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 25, 2026 7:12 AM in response to PankajPandit

I am observing the same behavior; although my DAC indicates the correct high-resolution sample rate suggesting that no downsampling is occurring. The issue appears to be a display error within the application.

BK

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Sep 23, 2026 10:55 PM in response to JacentyEsz

I am facing exactly the same issue. I sent mails to apple, did multiple tweets tagging apple but they are not ready to answer. Majority of the songs available in Hi Res on apple tv 3rd gen are getting down sampled to lossless. My hardware, avr, high end hdmi cables completely support hi - res audio. The only problem is with Apple.

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Answer 3

Sep 30, 2026 5:37 PM in response to JacentyEsz

I have that same issue in my Apple Music! I partially “””solved””” with fake Airplay on my Zorin! I use UxPlay with the -async module on and the musics starts to comeback Hi-Ress Lossless in the screen! (I don’t have the setup for Hi-Ress but it worked) I will confirm again because this bug show up again with I using the Automix feature. And yes very specific solution haha I will confirm again….

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Answer 4

Oct 3, 2026 6:16 PM in response to JacentyEsz

Me too, the exact same issue is happening for me.

I think the same is true for AppleTV 4K. After new 27 update, apple TV now supports Hi-res lossless, however when toggled info, it only shows lossless……. but my sound system is picking up the Hi Res lossless bit rates…… so may be a interface glitch??🤷🏻‍♂️

Hope an update get released soon to address this issues🥲🥲

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Sep 26, 2026 4:10 PM in response to PankajPandit

Apple TV needs to be plugged into an AVR to get anything geater than 48k, in setting>apps>music quality has to be set there for hi-res, and continuity disabled.

i am getting 192k on a few albums on my Sony DH590 via HDMI, but only after tvOS 27. Prior firmwares capped out the sample rate on the HDMI to 48k.

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Sep 27, 2026 7:14 AM in response to JacentyEsz

I’ve also noticed the very same behaviour described above for a few weeks now, with selected (not all tracks), only being shown as “lossless” but without their bit depth and sample rate visible.

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