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Apple Music's New Spatial Audio Feature Launches Today

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Spatial Audio, powered by Dolby Atmos for Apple Music is officially launching today, Apple announced during its WWDC keynote. Announced earlier last month, Spatial Audio provides a more immersive music experience for Apple Music subscribers at no additional cost.

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Spatial Audio will initially be available to thousands of songs on Apple Music, with the selection growing more in the future. The feature, powered by Dolby Atmos, will be supported on all AirPods and Beats headphones with an H1 or W1 chip, as well as the built-in speakers of the newest iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

Learn more about Apple Music Spatial Audio using our guide.

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ladodger5 said:
I hope we get lossless today too
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Exactly, the wording during the video was around Spartial Audio which is a server side update. Apple lossless requires a toggle within settings which I can't see happening without an OS update. I have a feeling that will come later this month, BUT I hope to be wrong.
 
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systemind said:
Exactly, the wording during the video was around Spartial Audio which is a server side update. Apple lossless requires a toggle within settings which I can't see happening without an OS update. I have a feeling that will come later this month, BUT I hope to be wrong.
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Well, Apple announced that everything will be launched this month, so....


PD: Is perfectly possible (from a technical point of view), to make hidden settings visible with a server side update.

The support document about lossless audio says that it requires Mac Os 11.4, TVOS 14.6 and IOS 14.6, so we are ready to go.
 
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I think they mentioned something like available to MacBook Pro with M1. No mention about Intel based Mac. Can anybody confirm this?
 
Spatial audio (as such, for movies), will be available for M1 Macs and the ATV4K in the fall. But Atmos for Apple Music is a completely different thing, and it will work in all headphones.
 
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B/D said:
Spatial audio (as such, for movies), will be available for M1 Macs and the ATV4K in the fall. But Atmos for Apple Music is a completely different thing, and it will work in all headphones.
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And spatial audio will be available today for H1 and W1 devices
 
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Spatial Audio is live on Beats 1 right now. Haven't found it on the Apple Music catalogue however.

Edit: Only available with certain songs on Beats 1.
 
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No content. One thing I found (music videos) they have a slight echo, more treble, and less bass. That’s it.
edit: Tracks your head like movies. But, this won’t apply to audio only. Not sure if anyone will notice much difference. Quite like the head tracking feature.
 
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richard371 said:
So does the Apple digital master means lossless is supported and works now?
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You'll need to look for the Dolby Atmos logo for Spatial Audio, and the Lossless logo for Lossless tracks. Take a look at the photo from the article to see what these look like.
 
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