What is it and how to have spatial audio on your Android phone

It's been a few years since spatial audio has started to be supported on Android. Specifically, it is status in Android 7 version that Google has added this interesting technology.

Despite the passing of the years, this type of audio is still unknown to many. If you are one of them, you will learn with this guide what exactly is spatial audio and how can you have it on your android mobile.

Once you try it, you may fall in love with spatial audio, as it will allow you to live a unique immersive experience when watching movies, listen to music or play your favorite games.

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What is space audio?

Spatial audio is a technology that processes sounds in such a way that reach the listener with greater precision, creating a totally immersive sound atmosphere around the device.

It is not only based on mixing into separate channels, but sounds can be moved and positioned more precisely so that the listener hear them from the same position of the action.

For example, if you are watching a movie and an airplane passes over the camera, you will hear the sound from an elevated position, such as if I had speakers on the ceiling.

To enjoy spatial audio, you need to install an app on your mobile.

Spatial audio is a marked improvement over previous surround sound, as it creates an environment that you feel like you are in completely surrounded by sound.

While you may not know it, that's a lot you've probably enjoyed the spatial audio on many occasions. Without going further, in cinemas, which have THX systems to make the viewer hear the audio coming from all sides.

It is also possible that the TV has surround sound of Dolby 5.1 and 7.1 technologies, present in manufacturers such as Sony, a technology based on spatial audio.

According to Android Central, the movies are encoded in such a way that Dolby or THX systems know where on the speakers they should send every sound in so that the viewer feels they are coming from the exact location of the action they see on the screen.

To hear this spatial audio, you need to have of the correct audio equipment in the house, with the speakers positioned at strategic points. You can also listen to it through headphones with surround technology.

In short, the goal of spatial audio is to create a complete sound atmosphere in which the user enjoys an unbeatable feeling of space, lens that is retained when using it on cell phones.

How to have spatial audio on your Android phone

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By having spatial audio, a sound field around the mobile phone which allows you to hear sounds with better location accuracy.

The most useful method of having spatial audio on your Android phone or tablet is use an application that supports this technology.

In this case, we recommend Noozxoide EIZO-rewire PRO, an app we already talked about to improve the sound of your Android a few years ago.

This free download app creates virtual surround sound based on the audio of any source on your mobile.

Therefore, we invite you to set up the application, connect headphones, play a movie and enjoy the immersive atmosphere produced by spatial sound.

Other apps with spatial audio support are YouTube, which introduced it in 2016, and Tidal and Deezer, both focused on streaming music.

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