Netflix with Spatial Audio
Netflix provides the spatial audio by using Sennheiser's AMBEO technology. In addition, the stereo sound is enriched with a surround sound experience. You don't need special surround sound speakers or a home theater setup. You also do not need an expensive subscription, because it works for all Netflix bundles. However, you must set the highest possible quality. It is intended for devices that do not yet support spatial audio. Below you can see which Apple products you need. Netflix previously offered Spatial Audio on the AirPods Pro and AirPods Pro, but the list is now a lot longer.
Compatible Apple devices:
- < li>iPhone 7 and later with iOS 15.1 and later
- iPad Air 3rd generation or later with iPadOS 15.1 and later
- iPad mini 5th generation or later with iPadOS 15.1 and later
- iPad Pro 3rd generation or later and iPadOS 15.1 and later
- Apple TV 4K with tvOS 15 and later
Compatible Apple audio products:
- AirPods 3rd generation
- AirPods Pro
- AirPods Max
- Beats Fit Pro
Apple's own video service Apple TV+ already offers Spatial Audio for various TV shows, but now Netflix is also joining. You can watch TV shows such as The Adam Project and Stranger Things 4. It is, incidentally, slightly different from the Spatial Audio that Apple has been offering on various devices and accessories since August 2021. The feature is rolling out to the Netflix catalog starting today. You can find suitable series and movies through ‘spatial audio’ typing in the searches.
Other options include The Witcher, Interception, Red Notice, Kate, and Raising Dion, as you can see in the picture. It is to be expected that this mainly concerns newer and popular content. Much of this content already has support for 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
Netflix introduced a better audio quality in 2019, so that the TV series have sounded a lot better since then. It concerned films and series that are suitable for 5.1 surround sound and Atmos, which have since been released in ‘high quality audio’ can be heard.