I’ve noticed a really annoying issue with Apple Music on my iPhone.
When I enable Crossfade and set the audio quality to Lossless, songs start playing immediately, but they don’t seem to play in Lossless quality right away.
The Lossless badge often takes several seconds to appear, sometimes even over a minute into the song.
What’s even more noticeable is that the audio briefly stutters or cuts out for a split second exactly when the Lossless badge appears, almost as if Apple Music is switching audio formats mid-song.
However, when I switch to Hi-Res Lossless (which disables Crossfade), songs start playing in Lossless or Hi-Res Lossless immediately, without any delay or audio interruption.
So it seems like Crossfade might be interfering with how Apple Music handles Lossless playback.
Has anyone else experienced this? More importantly, has anyone found a fix that allows both Crossfade and Lossless to work properly?
I’d really like to keep Crossfade enabled without having to deal with delayed Lossless playback and those annoying audio glitches.