Spotify has introduced a new ‘exclusive mode’ as a way for its premium subscribers to access “bit-perfect” audio playback when listening via Windows.
According to Spotify, the new mode gives the platform’s app control of the audio processing on your computer or laptop, meaning you’ll be listening to songs as they were originally mastered. That makes it better suited, says the platform, to listeners with external audio equipment “who want the purest possible sound”.
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Note, however, that while exclusive mode is switched on, Spotify will have, as the name suggests, exclusive control of your selected audio device, so other apps will need to use a different output in order to be heard.
Spotify has already made the earth-shattering announcement in late 2025 that it would finally be adding lossless streaming, granting access to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC files for Premium subscribers.
With the introduction of exclusive mode, it looks like the Swedish streaming giant is pushing harder than ever to provide higher-quality performance to head off competition from the likes of Tidal and Qobuz.
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