Ngaphandle kokuthi i-Apple isebenzisa ifomethi yokuphathelene ngaphandle kokulahleka kwekhwalithi ebizwa nge-ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), ifomethi ehambisana kuphela nemikhiqizo ye-Apple, umphakathi we-audiophile usebenzisa ifomethi ye-FLAC, ifomethi ehambisana nezingxenyekazi eziningi.
Ngokucaciswa kwe-HomePod, imininingwane esevele isesidlangalaleni, njengoba i-Apple imemezele usuku lokukhishwa kwale divayisi, siyabona ukuthi ifomethi ye-FLAC elahlekile ihambisana kanjani ne-HomePod, ezojabulisa abathandi bomculo, Kuzovumela i-Apple ukuthi ithole ukuqhubeka kulo mphakathi.
Ifomethi ye-FLAC akufanele ididaniswe nefomethi yekhwalithi ephezulu esisinikezwa yiSpotify ne-Apple Music, esebenzisa ukucindezela kusuka ku-256 kuya ku-320 Kbps. Abasebenzisi be-Apple bahlala bebuza abafana baseCupertino ngokuhambisana kwayo. njengamanje ingazithola zombili kuma-macOS nge-QuickTime, nakuhlelo lokusebenza lwe-iOS Files, kepha HHAYI ku-iTunes, isinqumo okungekho muntu obonakala ngathi uyasiqonda nokuthi ngombono asinaso isizathu esizwakalayo, kepha ukwazi i-Apple, izizathu zayo zizoba nazo, izizathu esingasoze sazazi.
Ifomethi ye-FLAC, evele ingumthombo ovulekile (ngakho-ke i-Apple ayikhokhi ukunikela ngokuhambisana kumadivayisi ayo), kubaluleke kakhulu ukukwazi ukujabulela umculo nge-AirPlay nge-HomePod, ngoba ukudlala nge-bluetooth kunciphisa ikhwalithi yayo (ngaphandle kokuthi sisebenzisa i-Apt X codec), ngenxa yezidingo zomkhawulokudonsa. Ngenxa yobuchwepheshe be-AirPlay 2 be-HomePod, ukulahleka kwekhwalithi, uma kukhona, cishe akunalutho, ngakho-ke kuzoba ngenye yamafomethi asetshenziswa kakhulu yibo bonke abafuna jabulela wonke ama-nuances ngokugcwele ezibanikeza izingoma abazithandayo.