iOS 15 bug. Not genuine Spatial Audio, but a feature where iOS can fake it, like how some stereos back in the day would take mono songs and fake stereo them.
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Apple Music's New Spatial Audio Feature Launches Today
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Exactly. That's the spatial audio feature of AirPods Pro that was announced at WWDC last year, and shipped with iOS/iPadOS 14 and a firmware update in September. And it seems a lot of people have experienced this panning/head tracking/binaural interpretation of surround mixes (5.1, 7.1 and Dolby Atmos) effect on music videos provided by Apple Music as well. But it's not the Dolby Atmos versions of audio tracks that seemed to have been planned for launch today.
This makes sense. I hope that when playing Dolby Atmos masters it won't do the head tracking thing, it is awful...
Yes, I think so because I just picked a random old artist album from 2019 and it is definitely moving (voice stays centered on iPad) when I move my head but does not show spatial icon.
It should do the same in voice memos too. Someone on a different thread recorded themselves speaking and then it did it listening back
We're all wondering the same thing... where are the Dolby Atmos (spatial) mixes?!
Which totally makes sense to me, but here: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/17/apple-music-dolby-atmos-all-airpods-models/
This article had previously suggested other headphones (not all but 'other headphones') would be able to do it as well. Mostly we're talking about people with XM4's (like me) or bose 700 (in other words people that are totally in on apple eco system except the absurd price of the APM).
During the keynote, i hope it isn't true, but kowing Apple it probably will be lol
The one good thing today is taking forever to come out lol. Starting to think it’s been delayed.
Chris Welch (the Verge) says Apple has confirmed it will come today. Probably just server side issues?
Very well could be. I’m just impatient lol. Was completely underwhelmed with the keynote (whole different forum) so I was looking forward to this lol
Not to worry folks, for I have just been re-assured by a Senior Advisor that Spatial Audio will only be available for AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. The Senior Advisor also assured me that any other announcements or statements at keynotes were errors that would be corrected shortly.
P.S. Normally I say this tongue-in-cheek, but this time, I’m actually serious - I was just told this. This rollout is such a mess!
P.S. Normally I say this tongue-in-cheek, but this time, I’m actually serious - I was just told this. This rollout is such a mess!
Today has been a disappointing day for Apple in general, but as an Apple Music subscriber (Who's annual subscription expires July 31), I think Apple Music has taken a brunt of that disappointment. Apple seems gung ho to release new features, but they make the user interface and just accessibility confusing as heck. It's quite incredible how they do it.
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This makes no sense, Spatial Audio for TV/Movies was already limited to these. For Music the Apple website clearly states all headphones will be compatible (to varying degrees) with Dolby Atmos/SA.
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There’s a new support article about spatial audio and Dolby atmos
support.apple.com
In it there’s a dedicated playlist.
https://music.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?fcId=1561370672
I clicked on Taylor Swift and the Dolby Atmos and lossless music logos appeared for a brief second before disappearing again.
It looks like it’s getting ready and they just need to flick a switch to enable it.
About Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos in Apple Music – Apple Support (UK)
If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can listen to selected songs in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos. Find out which devices support Dolby Atmos and how to change settings for Dolby Atmos, and find answers to common questions so you can start listening.
In it there’s a dedicated playlist.
https://music.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?fcId=1561370672
I clicked on Taylor Swift and the Dolby Atmos and lossless music logos appeared for a brief second before disappearing again.
It looks like it’s getting ready and they just need to flick a switch to enable it.