Turning Off Head Tracking on TV OS

[BF1M]

I know where the option is in accesibilty but my problem is the pair of AirPods isn’t listed under “AirPods”. No matter which pair I have currently connected to the Apple TV it just shows my Max

I don’t understand this. Any ideas?

 

[ignatius345]

A little unclear on what you mean here. Are you referring to the Spatialize Audio feature that kicks in when you use a pair of AirPods (Pro or Max, I believe) that support the feature?

My own Apple TV is packed away now for a move so I can't check -- but I believe you can turn off head tracking in the same screen where you pick the audio source. I don't think the control for that is in Accessibility anywhere.

 

[BF1M]

Right, sorry it was late and I wasn’t very coherent. So spatial audio tracking, you can set it to center on tv or not for each pair of AirPods you have on your account via Apple TV. The issue is when I got to that setting in accessibility, it only lists the pair of AirPods not currently connected and in use. Sometimes it lists none at all.

Basically I‘m trying to narrow down why spatial audio has sync issues using AirPods. I‘be already tried the wireless sync(apple advised me it doesn’t do anything for AirPod anyway). Turning spatial audio off completely does the trick but they suggested turning off head tracking as well.

 

[ignatius345]

I'm without my ATV at the moment, but I seem to remember that when you select the AirPods as a source after holding down this button (whatever it's called)...

... you can click on the name of the AirPods and see options there related to spatial audio and disable head tracking there?