Apple Music's New Spatial Audio Feature Launches Today

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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Top Rated Comments

Muramasa Avatar
42 months ago

I don’t know what’s up with this playlist, but it’s out there. Could be nothing:
[MEDIA=applemusic]us/playlist/pl.u-B9ErVivdVdK[/MEDIA]
This is a fan made playlist. These songs themselves haven't been enabled for Spatial Audio yet (as of this writing).
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mattdeezy Avatar
42 months ago

That support document was published in the future…


Its the 8th here in Australia... you are just living in the past :P
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ladodger5 Avatar
42 months ago
I hope we get lossless today too
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Spinrite Avatar
42 months ago
It feels like Christmas Eve. I’m leaving cookies and milk by my iPhone tonight for Apple Santa.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
211 Avatar
42 months ago
I guess it isn’t live yet as I can’t find any indication from the (badly designed) Music app which songs have this feature
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EazyWeazy3 Avatar
42 months ago
All I'm seeing is "Apple Digital Master."
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