Support for spatial audio arrives on the Google Pixel
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#67FH4)
The Pixel Buds Pro. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The Google Pixel's January update is here, and it adds a new spatial audio feature for the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, 7, and 7 Pro phones. Android researcher Mishaal Rahman has verified that a toggle for the feature is appearing in the settings menu of the Pixel 6 Pro with the stable update, which is rolling out now to Pixel devices.
According to Google's support page for the feature, it's able to take audio from apps that offer 5.1 surround sound audio and make it sound like it's coming from in front and behind you, as though you're surrounded by speakers in the real world. Google notes that it should work with any connected headset." That even includes wired headphones, according to a Google blog post from last year.
Spatial audio has been...