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Apple quietly just unveiled a new spatial audio format that expands on Dolby Atmos, and that could rival Google and Samsung's Eclipsa Audio

Apple has introduced a new format for head-tracking spatial audio: ASAF. Apple Spatial Audio Format promises "truly immersive audio experiences" and was unveiled quietly at last week's WWDC 2025 event ...

How Sony nearly ruled spatial audio - until Apple changed music forever

How Sony nearly ruled spatial audio - until Apple changed music forever ...
MacTech

Apple granted patent for ‘File Format for Spatial Audio’

Apple says Spatial Audio gives artists the opportunity to create immersive audio experiences for their fans with true multidimensional sound and clarity. Dolby Atmos is an immersive audio experience ...
The Verge

Samsung and Google’s new spatial audio format will take on Dolby Atmos this year

Samsung’s 2025 TVs and soundbars will be ready for YouTube videos that use the Eclipsa Audio format for 3D sound experiences. Samsung’s 2025 TVs and soundbars will be ready for YouTube videos that use ...
CNN

The Sonos Era 300 fills your room with great spatial sound from a single speaker

If Sonos has anything to say about it, stereo music will soon sound as quaint as mono. With its new Era 300 smart speaker, the company is going all-in on the latest music format, known as spatial ...
The Harvard Crimson

Listening to What Cannot Be Seen: MIT’s Spatial Sound Lab Hosts an Open House

A new feature on many at-home devices, surround sound audio has become increasingly popular. Spatial sound, which gives listeners a “3D” sound experience, is considered to be similar to a movie ...
Wall Street Journal

What Is Spatial Audio, and How Can You Take Advantage of It?

Here’s what the latest surround-sound tech means for you $479 $239 $199 $129 $99 $549 $449 $300 $280 $200 $200 $150 Picture yourself in a concert hall and imagine what it sounds like. Do you hear a ...
Business Wire

THX Announces THX Spatial Audio+, a New Feature-Rich Immersive Audio Platform for Laptops, Headphones, Soundbars

To ensure that gamers and audio- and videophiles alike can enjoy the pinpoint audio accuracy and true-to-life realism of immersive entertainment like never before comes THX Spatial Audio+. THX Spatial ...
Engadget

Bose debuts QuietComfort Ultra Headphones and Earbuds with spatial audio

Thanks to an August leak, Bose's new lineup of QuietComfort headphones aren't exactly a surprise — at least in terms of their appearance. However, the key feature of the headphones and earbuds wasn't ...
Digital Trends

Netflix adds spatial audio to select movies and shows for all subscribers

Netflix has announced that it has added spatial audio to a variety of movies and shows on its streaming video service. The audio format is available to all subscribers regardless of their subscription ...
MacTech

Apple patent involves a file format for spatial audio

In the patent data, Apple says that producing three-dimensional (3D) sound effects in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) applications is challenging because existing ...