When streaming over cellular, however, the audio quality goes down. Apple also defaults to audio of the highest quality, assuming your device is connected to Wi-Fi. Max Audio Quality: 24-bit/192 kHz, losslessĪpple Music streams at a bitrate of 256kbps, which seems lower than Spotify’s 320 kbp/s at face value, but it’s not exactly like-for-like because Apple Music uses its own AAC audio codec.
