Spotify adds ‘Exclusive Mode’ audiophile feature for Windows PCs

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Spotify adds ‘Exclusive Mode’ audiophile feature for Windows PCs

TL;DR

  • Spotify Premium users on Windows can now enable 'Exclusive Mode'.
  • Exclusive Mode allows for bit-perfect audio playback by controlling device audio processing.
  • This prevents system resampling and mixing of other sounds.
  • The feature will be coming to the Mac app in a future update.
  • Users must go to settings > playback to enable Exclusive Mode.
  • Audio from other apps and Spotify's automix/crossfade features are disabled in Exclusive Mode.
  • This feature addresses user requests for bit-perfect playback, similar to other streaming services.
  • Spotify also recently launched an option for lossless audio.