Spatial audio brings head tracking and simulated surround sound to Apple's AirPods and Beats headphones. Should you go out and buy a new pair just to get it?
Apple released its new Spatial Audio feature for Apple Music earlier this week.
It includes dozens of curated songs made using Dolby Atmos.
A new setting in iOS 15 will let users simulate the effect for all other content.
A new setting uncovered in iOS 15 will let users simulate a virtual spatial audio experience on Apple Music even if songs haven t been recorded using Dolby Atmos.
The new feature was spotted by a Reddit user in the iOS 15 beta:
I ve been testing Apple Music s Dolby Atmos support and I just discovered a toggle in Control Center s volume slider for non-Atmos-supported tracks. It s called Spatialize Stereo and it does pretty much exactly what you d guess. It takes a stereo audio mix and places it in a virtual spatial audio environment around you.