#APPLE MUSIC DOLBY ATMOS MOVIE#
That feeling you get in films where the movie sound wraps around you and bounces off the walls is being applied to music.
#APPLE MUSIC DOLBY ATMOS UPDATE#
With Spatial Audio, the idea is the music has been engineered in surround sound, positioning sound elements so that your ears aren’t necessarily hearing two dimensional sound, but can hear it in more space even if it’s only coming from your left and right earphones.ĭolby has more on how this works and engineers can use their tools to bring this to life, with Apple set to bring an update to Logic Pro later on to help, but the idea is to give your sound a little more life with surround music, so to speak. Normally, music is mastered for two channels - left and right - providing depth dependent on how it has been engineered. Is it a great addition, or something extra that won’t likely make a dent on your life? What is Apple Music’s Spatial Audio?Ī new addition to Apple Music from June 2021, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos provides a slightly more dimensional set of tracks to the Apple Music service, giving listeners a different version of the songs they know and love.
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It’s a way to push the music you love in a slightly different way, and may change how you experience your favourite tunes.īest of all, if you’re an Apple Music subscriber already or part of a family account with one, it will cost you nothing extra.
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Think of the tracks you love, but imagine them in a wider room with elements placed in similar yet different spots. That might not mean much beyond jargon, but what it delivers is a form of sound that expands the way you listen to audio. Provided you have some decent headphones.Īpple Music subscribers have gained a feature in recent days, as Dolby Atmos support has been added. Spotify previously announced plans to launch a CD-quality, lossless tier of its streaming service.With Apple Music’s Spatial Audio support, the way you listen to music may never be the same again.
#APPLE MUSIC DOLBY ATMOS UPGRADE#
In any case, both lossless and spatial audio will become available in iOS 14.6, iPadOS 14.6, macOS 11.4, and tvOS 14.6-all of which will hit sometime in June, Apple has confirmed.Īnd as a side note: Amazon also made Amazon Music HD (its lossless streaming music service) a free upgrade for Amazon Music customers today. High-resolution lossless audio may not be available on all headphones and speakers though. For the true audiophile, Apple Music also offers Hi-Resolution Lossless all the way up to 24 bit at 192 kHz. Different settings can be used for different types of connections, like when music is streaming over cellular or Wi-Fi or when the audio file is downloaded to the local device.Īs for what lossless means in terms of quality, Apple clarified with the following:Īpple Music's Lossless tier starts at CD quality, which is 16 bit at 44.1 kHz (kilohertz), and goes up to 24 bit at 48 kHz and is playable natively on Apple devices. Users who are running the latest version of Apple Music will be able to enable lossless audio by going to Settings, then Music, then Audio Quality.
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Apple will also make 75 million songs available in lossless audio using the company's own ALAC codec, though it looks like this feature will only be available for Apple Music subscribers and not for music downloads from what used to be called the iTunes Store.