

Let’s do a quick refresher on bitrate: as we’ve explained before, audio files can be lossless (which takes up a lot of space) or lossy (which takes up far less space). However, you can convert those files without losing quality - you just need to use a more efficient codec.


You say you don’t want to convert your music, but if you want to fit more songs on your device, you don’t really have any other choice. You might also want to check out how to clean up your iPhone and Android phone in case there’s something else taking up space on your device. You don’t even have to delete the files from your library if you don’t want to, but those techniques should help you nail down what you’re actually listening to and sync only those albums to your phone. Check out our guide to cleaning out your music library for more info. Before you start trying to fit more songs, I’d recommend re-evaluating which of those songs you actually need, putting them on a playlist, and then syncing that playlist to your device. Obviously, you’re only syncing a small portion of your library to your device, which means you’ve probably hand-picked which songs you want to sync.
