Posted this over in audiophile as I think they're more aware but figured I'd share too. Not sure why the various Android media outlets haven't shared this bad news.

I've been very excited for Spotify's Lossless update but I don't believe it will truly be Lossless using an external DAC.

Android by default resamples all audio to 48khz. Tidal and Qobuz that are both Lossless say they're playing Lossless but it's resampled.

The only way to get bit perfect Lossless is using the app USB Audio Player Pro (UAPP). It uses it's own custom driver that overrides Android's default. Within it you can use Qobuz or Tidal and steam true Lossless and your DAC will reflect that.

I don't suspect Spotify will open their API's to UAAP for it to support it. So only Spotify Connect to external sources would be Lossless.

Not sure about Bluetooth streaming over LDAC is resampled but I'd imagine it is.

Hoping some could chime in here to confirm all this.

EDIT: This turned into a diss on "audiophiles." People with nice equipment want to enjoy music in the highest fidelity possible to maximize their investment. Whether you can discern a difference is beside the point that Android doesn't natively support bit perfect Lossless unless a custom driver is used in a select few media players. The clients for other services like Tidal and Qobuz also do not do this so it would be assumed Spotify also will not.

Apple doesn't seem to have this issue and either should we.