Unlike stereo sound when that was first developed, spatial audio came to prominence in the blink of an eye. Now it’s (literally) all around us.
As we said in our feature detailing everything you need to know about spatial audio when using the Apple AirPods Max, Apple’s spatial audio technology for movies and TV shows is “superb”. “The whole presentation is very open, spacious and convincing, and the tracking is amazingly smooth and accurate as you move your head,” we noted.
And although spatial audio for movies and TV is still an Apple-device exclusive, the firm’s Apple Music proposition is definitely not limited to its AirPods or Beats headphones. Apple Music’s Dolby Atmos-powered spatial audio technology for music works with any headphones, streaming from both Android and iPhone devices. There is now also compatibility with the HomePod 2 and HomePod mini smart speakers and Sonos’s new dedicated Era
