Today, Netflix announced that it is bringing space audio to all devices with the goal of enhancing the listening experience throughout its original title catalog. Currently, content that supports space audio includes the fourth season of “Stranger Things,” “The Adam Project,” “Red Notice,” “The Witcher,” “Locke & Key,” among others.
For those unfamiliar, space audio is designed to deliver a movie-like sound from a movie or TV show. Whatever you are seeing at home, there will be sounds that will appear around you.
Users can type “Spatial Audio” into the Netflix search bar to find all the movies and series that support the option. The number of titles supported by space audio will depend on your playback device.
Launching means that users with devices that don’t normally support space audio can now use it. In addition, all subscribers, regardless of their Netflix subscription plan, will be able to use space audio.
Netflix licensed Sennheiser’s AMBEO technology to deliver spatial audio using any 2-channel stereo hardware, which provides three-dimensional positional audio without the need for additional surround sound speakers or home theater equipment. AMBEO’s goal is to provide an “enhanced audio experience wherever stereo is distributed today, whether it’s standard TVs, stereo systems, headphones, tablets, or laptops,” Sennheiser said in a statement.
For users watching on an iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, Netflix says streaming quality must be set to “Alt” or “Automatic” to view space-compatible audio content.
It should also be noted that for those who already have Apple devices compatible with space audio, such as third-generation AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, and Beats Fit Pro, nothing will change, as space audio support is already available.