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Apple's new spatial audio format has me excited for more than just movie night

Apple Spatial Audio Format supports anchoring sounds to real-world space, so audio stays fixed as you move. You need compatible software and hardware to experience the effect. While ASAF is coming to ...
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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 ...
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Apple AirPods Max 2 Debut With H2 Chip, Lossless Audio, and Personalized Spatial Audio

At $549, Apple’s AirPods Max 2 wireless headphones improve noise cancellation and spatial audio with new H2 chip, while adding Live Translation and Conversational Awareness. Apple is taking another ...
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Apple Vision Pro boosts Spatial Audio performance with impressive engineering trick

Apple released visionOS 26.4 this week, bringing new emoji and an upgraded video podcast experience to Apple Vision Pro. The new software update also boosts Spatial Audio performance with an ...
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Apple has a better alternative to Bluetooth for lossless and latency-free wireless audio

Apple is looking to move past Bluetooth’s limitations with a new wireless protocol that debuts alongside the iPhone 17 series. The feature, called Spatial Relay Audio-Visual Sync (SPR AVS), is ...