Editing Apple Lossless Audio Codec (section)

==Software==
All current iOS devices can play ALAC encoded files.

However, in the [[IOS 9|iOS 9.3.6 (13G37)]] update, which was released on July 22, 2019, after [[IOS 9|iOS 9.3.5 (13G36)]] on August 25, 2016, as the last update for the [[IPhone 4s|iPhone 4S]] and aimed at fixing security issues, etc., there was still a bug with the ALAC codec in [[Music (app)|Music]] app.

This issue involved songs with the ALAC codec being synced internally to the phone by [[iTunes]] (known as [[Apple Music]] as of June 3, 2019), and when playing that song/album, the album covert from another album (in a non-ALAC format) would be displayed.

The open source library [[libavcodec]] incorporates both a decoder and an encoder for the ALAC format, which means that [[:Category:Software that uses FFmpeg|media players based on that library]] (including [[VLC media player]] and [[MPlayer]], as well as many media center applications for [[home theater PC|home theater computer]]s, such as [[Plex (software)|Plex]], [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]], and [[Boxee]]) are able to play ALAC files.

The introduction of the [[BlackBerry 10|BlackBerry OS]] [[BlackBerry 10|10]] in 2013 made it possible to play the ALAC Audio Codec.

Earlier, the [[BlackBerry OS|BlackBerry OS 7]] operating system in 2011 had enabled the playback of the [[FLAC]] on [[BlackBerry|BlackBerry phones.]]

As of 2015, [[Windows 10]] includes support for ALAC encoding and decoding, thereby enabling other media players to use it, e.g. [[Windows Media Player]] when ripping CDs or the [[Spotify]] desktop client for playback of local .m4a files.

The library was subsequently optimized for ARM processors and included in [[Rockbox]].{{Clarify|reason=which library|date=July 2021}}

[[Foobar2000]] will play ALAC files as will [[JRiver Media Center]] and BitPerfect.

Lossless music via ALAC was added to [[Apple Music]] in June 2021, at no additional cost for all subscribers. The maximum fidelity for lossless music on Apple Music is 24-bit at 192&nbsp;kHz.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple Music announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/05/apple-music-announces-spatial-audio-and-lossless-audio/ |website=Apple Newsroom |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>