I’m all for personal choice but let’s be clear spatial audio is not a gimmick by any means it’s literally amazing. And yes you are allowed to dislike it I’m just curious as to why?,do you hate Atmos style sound in general?
Netflix just hates users. They always seem to do the exact opposite of what people want.
Because it absolutely messes with the sound signature/design that was intended by the audio engineers? I like getting my content in as close to reference as possible, without any automatic pan correction which is really all this is
I feel that way every time I realize Netflix isn't content adding to Up Next. Since I signed up for D+ and HBO Max we have mostly forgotten that we have Netflix.
Honestly, same. I used to put Netflix at the top of their game but they feel like the budget option lately.
This is my primary way of watching content. We have two TVs — one in the living room and one in the bedroom — but they are a few years old and not top of the line. Even though the iPad screen is smaller, the color and resolution are far better than the TVs.
That's like trying to take a mono soundtrack and trying to convert it to a stereo soundtrack.
My question is also why would they? But not because I think they are anti Apple. Is spatial audio a widely used feature among their customers? It’s an Apple feature and if it was on a few more products, maybe it would be worthwhile.
This is what really confuses me. How is this even something that an app can control? I though Spatial Audio was just a conversion from surround sound to simulated surround sound in your headphones. Unless they’ve just disabled dolby atmos, 5.1 etc. on iOS
Not really as this feature is Apple only and used by a small fraction of Apple users on the whole anyway. Until it becomes cross platform and used by a significant percentage of their customer-base, it would be a waste of their time.
This is because the audio APIs exposed to developers were designed and documented to work in a particular way. You don’t change those behaviours in such a sweeping fashion as this will break apps not expecting to inherit the new behaviour.
i dont know. When your competitors are offering that feature it make you look bad. Also when you factor just how much ground Disney + is making….
I wish it was as simple as Youtube refusing to support PiP. I could actually understand that.
Spatial audio doesn't require special spatial audio; basically it just requires that the app uses the regular Apple way of playing the videos, and that the regular surround sound isn't stripped away before it reaches iDevices.
Wanna make something up about aliens while you're at it just writing whatever pops into your head?!
I would argue that Spatial Audio gets me closer to the engineers reference since I don't have a true atmos setup at home or certainly when I'm traveling. Spatial audio is a pretty convincing (albeit imperfect) surround experience oriented around your viewing screen—as designers/engineers intended.
Do you also stalk outside their homes and knock on their doors to find out exactly what equipment you need to use; because surely you must understand that you can't just use any old headphones, only the ones approved by the sound engineer?
