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June 12, 2015 07:05 pm GMT

Apple Music's bit rate may be lower than Spotify's, but it shouldn't matter

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At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple unveiled a streaming music service it billed as "revolutionary," but the company was mum on the actual format Apple Music would use. Now a new report claims to have discovered the bit rate of the service.

Apple Music will stream at 256 kilobits per second (kbps), according to The Next Web. Other streaming services, including Spotify, offer streams at 320kbps (albeit only to their premium subscribers).

See also: Apple Music vs. the streaming competition

Generally, the higher the bitrate, the better the sound quality, but in this case, it's not that simple. For its iTunes music downloads, Apple offers 256kbps tracks encoded in the AAC format. Spotify uses Ogg Vorbis and the current Apple-owned Beats Music app uses MP3s. Rdio, however, streams in AAC format at up to 320kbps. Read more...

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