# Apple Music - Is Chromecast lossless? 

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**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/apple-music-is-chromecast-lossless/18739 "2021-09-13T19:33:36Z")\
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Spotify is lossy mp3

Chromecast supports up to 192 kHz hi-res lossless. This is also the upper limit on Apple Music Lossless.

The only downsides are that

- Chromecast cannot (or poorly?) do gapless playback
- Chromecast was not designed for hi-res and the software implementation is slow, so hi-res chromecasting makes the streamer work harder, which may or may not be audible.

And you may want to check out this thread - search for Chromecast within the thread:

> [@Apple Music HiFi Tier incoming?](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/apple-music-hifi-tier-incoming/16445):
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> [TechRadar Story](https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/apple-music-hi-fi-tier-could-land-alongside-airpods-3-bringing-key-advantage-over-spotify) Could just be a rumour, we will see!

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