

With this new Spatialize Stereo option, you can listen to pretty much any song or video with Spatial Audio using AirPods Pro or AirPods Max. If you like Spatial Audio so much you wish all music tracks and streaming video supported it, iOS 15 and macOS Monterey will bring the ability to simulate the effect so far as head movement is concerned. If you have other headphones or speakers that support Dolby Atmos but don’t automatically detect Apple’s implementation, you can enable it in the Settings app: Settings > Music > Audio > Dolby Atmos > Always On.

To automatically get the full Spatial Audio effect, you’ll need to be on iOS 14.6 or later and listening on specific devices:


The effect is particularly pronounced when listening on headphones.īut on devices that support Spatial Audio, the second video will give you a better sense of where every element of the sound is coming from, especially when you turn your head. With both videos, you’ll hear very clear stereo effects, with particular sounds obviously coming from either left, right or center. You need to listen to the separate Behind the Sound video in the Apple Music app to hear the real thing … Update: Bizarrely, the ad itself doesn’t use Spatial Audio, just a lot of stereo channel separation. A new Spatial Audio ad (embedded below) has just been posted to the Apple Music YouTube channel, featuring the Masego & Don Toliver track Mystery Lady.
