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YouTube Music boosts audio quality for Premium subscribers

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YouTube Music offers a higher audio quality setting of 256 kbps, which can be enabled through the app's settings for both streaming and downloads. This improved quality requires a subscription to YouTube Music Premium or YouTube Premium. While not offering lossless audio like some competitors such as Tidal or Amazon Music, the 256 kbps setting provides a noticeably cleaner sound, particularly with good audio equipment. AI

IMPACT Enables users to optimize their listening experience on a popular music streaming platform.

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YouTube Music boosts audio quality for Premium subscribers

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Will Shanklin) ·

    How to get YouTube Music's best audio quality

    If you don't mind using more data, make these changes to step up your listening experience in the YouTube Music app.

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