Spatial Audio

Your Mac with Apple silicon supports Spatial Audio, a technology that brings theater-like sound from the movie or video you’re watching, or the Dolby Atmos song you’re listening to. With Spatial Audio, while you wear supported headphones, the sound seems to come from all around you. Optional dynamic head tracking keeps the audio fixed as you move—so if there’s a track playing on your right and you move around, you can hear it on your left. You can also experience immersive sound in apps supported by macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. For example, in FaceTime on your Mac, Spatial Audio spreads out voices so they sound as if they’re coming from where your friends are positioned in the FaceTime window.

You can also use your iPhone to scan your ear geometry for Personalized Spatial Audio, which syncs across your Apple devices (macOS 13, iOS 16, iPadOS 16, tvOS 16, or later) when you’re signed in to the same Apple Account you use with your AirPods.

To learn about Spatial Audio and dynamic head tracking, and for a list of supported devices, see Control Spatial Audio and head tracking in the AirPods User Guide. For general information about Spatial Audio in Apple Music, see the Apple Support article About Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos in Apple Music.