
Apple eyes paying extra for music in a format Spotify doesn’t offer
Apple Music may soon pay all artists that release music in the Dolby Atmos spatial audio format a higher royalty rate than regular stereo mixes. “Listeners wouldn’t necessarily have to. Continue reading

Google takes on Dolby Atmos audio, Vision video with free open formats
Google is working to launch new open source 3D audio and HDR video without the licensing fees hardware manufacturers and consumers currently have to pay to use Dolby Atmos audio. Continue reading

Amazon Music turns on free spatial audio
As promised Amazon Music has added spatial audio at no extra cost for Unlimited subscribers on iOS and Android with existing headphones and on select Alexa Cast devices. Amazon Music. Continue reading