news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard)
2023-08-07 18:57:01
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Apple has upgraded the shared audio experience in tvOS 17 by adding Spatial Audio support. Here’s how to get it set up.
Before tvOS 17, if users shared audio between two devices like AirPods or select Beats by Dre models, they would be limited to a stereo audio track. This experience has been upgraded for tvOS 17 — enabling Spatial Audio tracks to be played on both headphones sharing audio.
Spatial Audio tracking only offers fixed tracking, not head tracking, when sharing audio. The Spatialize Stereo toggle only affects stereo tracks.
In our testing, this is a much better experience than just standard stereo audio. It makes films like the one shown in the image, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” have a full surround experience.
Watching a movie this way with someone else sharing audio, especially with transparency mode turned on, can fool you into thinking you’re hearing the audio from the connected sound system.