Apple Music's New Spatial Audio Feature Launches Today

[B/D]

Anyone know where the option to turn on is in iOS 15?

No settings yet. This how they will look like in Mac Os, according to this tweet of McGuire Wood (I assume he is a tester or something like that).

 

[japanime]

I’m experiencing Spacial Audio on Blinding Lights by The Weeknd on my iPad Pro 10” 2019 on iPad OS 15

EDIT: I’m actually experiencing it on everything. Even a song I literally recorded LAST WEEK and did NOT record with Dolby Atmos/Surround. It’s doing it’s own spatial audio interpretation on it and honestly, I’m blown away. Hearing my own voice in 3D is really cool.

I'm hearing Spatial Audio on everything, too! And I'm not even wearing my AirPods. Or using Apple Music. It's magical! 🤣

 

[SpringKid]

I'm torn. Tried one Weeknd music video. Sure, the soundstage is huge in spatial audio mode compared to normal stereo, and switching back to stereo makes it feel almost like going from stereo to mono (the feeling, not technically of course), but the sound definition is sooo much better in normal stereo.

 

[Ansath]

He said iPad OS15.
Must already be updated for the beta, and we won’t get anything for a while as we won’t have the head tracking feature till iOS 15 as it wasn’t mentioned to be included in iOS14

Is it out yet or not. I’m so confused lol

Apple confirmed in the keynote it's coming today. It's likely a gradual rollout though, which will slowly populate.

Apple Music Spatial Audio feature launching today - 9to5Mac

Apple announced during WWDC 2021 keynote that Apple Music Lossless is launching today for all users.

9to5mac.com

Dolby Atmos spatial audio is now available on Apple Music

Apple Music'sDolby Atmos spatial audio are now available for streaming. And you won't have to pay extra to use it.

www.engadget.com

 

[bunty07]

According to apple.com
It says coming soon.
Hopefully later today.

 

[hlfway2anywhere]

There's no way this is true.

If it's working: the spatial audio icon in control center volume animates. If it's not, it lights up blue, but doesn't animate.

For me it only works on music videos as of now.

see below

 

[fncd]

There's no way this is true.

If it's working: the spatial audio icon in control center volume animates. If it's not, it lights up blue, but doesn't animate.

For me it only works on music videos as of now.

I'm running iPadOS 15 and it indeed is doing it. There's a toggle in control center that says "Spatialize Stereo" and it does it.

 

[hlfway2anywhere]

There's no way this is true.

If it's working: the spatial audio icon in control center volume animates. If it's not, it lights up blue, but doesn't animate.

For me it only works on music videos as of now.

Correct. See attached.

I'm running iPadOS 15 and it indeed is doing it. There's a toggle in control center that says "Spatialize Stereo" and it does it.

Yep.

 

[Ansath]

According to apple.com
It says coming soon.
Hopefully later today.

See my post, at the keynote, Apple said available today.

It's likely going to take time to roll out around the world over the next 24 hours or so, I presume.

 

[BitVolcano]

I'm rocking an iPhone 7 Plus with Beats Solo3 wireless, and no sign of spatial audio yet, or at least I haven't been able to find any songs with it.

 

[Eorlas]

I’m currently getting Spatial stereo on a Weeknd song. Song, not music video Spatial stereo. Using AirPod ProsView attachment 1788480View attachment 1788484

good choice of song

 

[Eorlas]

Pretty sure this is a mistake, that track is from about 2011 - there's no way the mixed it again for Dolby Atmos. It'll only be his latest album that has these features i'd guess.

it's not. the song is on tidal this way

 

[stevevaus]

I've toggled "Spatialize Stereo" - it has no impact on audio from Weeknd, Kacey Musgraves or anyone else. iPhone 11, AirPods Pro. I'm anxious for Dolby Atmos spatial mixes in Apple Music but can't find anything yet.

 

[fncd]

I've toggled "Spatialize Stereo" - it has no impact on audio from Weeknd, Kacey Musgraves or anyone else. iPhone 11, AirPods Pro. I'm anxious for Dolby Atmos spatial mixes in Apple Music but can't find anything yet.

I was just listening to Weezer, and it was tracking just like AppleTV+ does. AirPods Pro.

 

[Ansath]

I've toggled "Spatialize Stereo" - it has no impact on audio from Weeknd, Kacey Musgraves or anyone else. iPhone 11, AirPods Pro. I'm anxious for Dolby Atmos spatial mixes in Apple Music but can't find anything yet.

Check the logos show on the albums, that's how you will know if you found one that supports it, and that it's available.

only 20 Million tracks have it from today, the rest will follow by end of year.

 

[B/D]

Check the logos show on the albums, that's how you will know if you found one that supports it, and that it's available.

only 20 Million tracks have it from today, the rest will follow by end of year.

"The 20 million tracks" were in reference to lossless, not Atmos, I think.

 

[Ansath]

"The 20 million tracks" were in reference to lossless, not Atmos, I think.

Honestly, it was all mashed up together, not clearly split, in the announcement, so I took it as being for both.

Either way, you're looking for the Dolby Atmos logo.

 

[jeffkoontz]

I’m currently getting Spatial stereo on a Weeknd song. Song, not music video Spatial stereo. Using AirPod ProsView attachment 1788480View attachment 1788484

That indicator is there to toggle on/off that capability on your AirPods, regardless of the source. I see the same thing when playing back any music - including something I recorded at home.

 

[tremlock]

So if the Spatial Stereo is it, it’s kind of disappointing. I’m hoping that the Atmos mixes are much better. This is just panning left and right. Not very impressive

 

[jukeboxaddict]

"The 20 million tracks" were in reference to lossless, not Atmos, I think.

Correct. They've only said "thousands" of Atmos songs at launch.

 

[B/D]

Honestly, it was all mashed up together, not clearly split, in the announcement, so I took it as being for both.

Either way, you're looking for the Dolby Atmos logo.

Honestly, I´m more interested in lossless, which will also display a logo. 😆

 

[PegasusTenma]

it works on the Blinding Lights MV on Apple Music. With Airpods Pro.

Btw, wasn’t this thing supposed to work with Beats3 as well?

 

[firecaste]

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.

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.

Article Link: Apple Music's New Spatial Audio Feature Launches Today

Sweet nothing in the UK yet 🤦🏻‍♂️

 

[PegasusTenma]

Sweet nothing in the UK yet 🤦🏻‍♂️

I am in the UK running 14.6 on my iPhone.
The BTS “Butter” MV has it working as well. And is quite evident, especially on the start wow.

 

[jorikc]

Correct. See attached.

Yep.

I think there's a difference between "Spatial Audio" and "Spatialize Stereo".

Spatial Audio is shown for Music that has a Spatial source, whereas "Spatialize" means your device can turn stereo audio into a Spatial form.

It seems iOS 15 can turn stereo into Spatial Audio and then you get a similar effect, but if the source is Spatial, I would expect better results in general.