Should you’re an Audible subscriber, you’ll quickly have the ability to hearken to some audiobooks in spatial audio.
In a press release, the corporate introduced a significant enhancement to its audio expertise with the addition of Dolby Atmos. The brand new know-how will permit Audible subscribers to get pleasure from immersive audio experiences when listening to audiobooks. At launch, 40 of its originals have been blended in Dolby Atmos for subscribers to provide the listening expertise a strive.
Rachel Ghiazza, EVP and Head of US Content material at Audible, mentioned in a press release that the addition of Dolby Atmos provides creators “one other highly effective instrument to create extraordinary audio content material with Audible.”
“Our dedication to delivering the absolute best experiences to our clients—and to the creators we work with—is central to the whole lot we do at Audible. We’re thrilled to collaborate with Dolby to ship world-class, Dolby Atmos immersive storytelling to our members, and to provide creators one other highly effective instrument to create extraordinary audio content material with Audible.”
The corporate says that each one 40 titles can be found beginning at present. Atmos variations will work on the iOS app in addition to any Android Dolby Atmos-enabled cell units.
At present’s announcement makes Audible the primary giant audiobook firm to deliver Dolby Atmos to audiobook tracks. Apple Books, as compared, has but to deliver spatial audio to its audiobook platform. That’s shocking since Apple has been main the way in which in bringing spatial audio with Dolby Atmos to Apple Music.
Whereas the spatial audio race continues, one firm continues to be manner behind, and that’s Spotify. The corporate has promised that its HiFi plan is still coming, however customers have been ready for years for the characteristic. The music streaming app can also be nonetheless lacking spatial audio content material from Dolby Atmos.
As an alternative of going that route, Spotify appears to be leaning tougher into music movies and video podcasts with its recent design announcement.
