A new, high-resolution audio format has just launched on Spotify .

Spotify announced Lossless Listening on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The new feature allows users to stream music in 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC, the least compressed and highest resolution audio format. Simply put, the audio is richer-sounding than regular, standard audio.

Due to their high resolution, lossless audio files are large in size. For the time being, Spotify users should only listen to music at this quality with wired headphones or speakers on a non-Bluetooth connection, according to a Spotify news release . Bluetooth currently doesn't provide enough bandwidth to transmit the file sizes of lossless audio.

Additionally, because the files are so large, users should be prepared for tracks to take a moment to play, rath

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