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Spatial audio not available on MacBook Air m1? Running the latest OS Monterey. My settings show selected in both Music app and System Prefs. My AirPods Pro work fine on my iPhone with both Atoms and spatial audio.
Well I suggest that you reopen your case and contact them showing them this...
with the following link:
https://www.apple.com/ca/macos/monterey/features/ --> refer to footnote 2
"Spatial Audio is available on Mac models (2020 or later) with the M1 chip using internal speakers, wired headphones or AirPods, Intel‑based Mac notebooks (2018 or later) using internal speakers or wired headphones, and Intel‑based iMac (2018 or later) using wired headphones." -Apple Support (twitter)
UPDATE: I spoke to a senior advisor that actually escalated this issue to the engineers (disk image was sent and a follow up was booked). 2020 M1 macs DO have spatial audio support.
If enough people escalate this issue to the engineers we will be able to see this issue actually get resolved!
That term "Spatialise Stereo" is what Apple uses - at least on iOS devices - to indicate when it is "spatialize" a stereo track through software to stimulate their Spatial Audio. Never saw this indication on my M1 iMac though. On the iMac, when I use my AirPods Pro I see the "Spatial Audio" greyed out also, but the sound sounds like Spatial Audio is working because I notice the difference - even through the APP - when I change the Music preferences for Dolby Atmos to OFF.
Okay, I was at the Genius Bar running diagnostics and testing with other laptops and AirPod 3s, and it is across the board. They believe this is a bug because it states in a number of places that spatial audio should work and it should work with m1 hardware. We tested with AirPod pro, AirPod max and their AirPod 3s as well and it does not work for any of those devices.the hardware was all confirmed to work as well. It’s weird more people aren’t complaining about this. It’s clearly not working as expected.
Interesting and thanks for the update (and yes, I did miss you having AirPods 3 not the AAP - sorry).
What's interesting is that when I listen on my M1 iMac (which is listed on a device to support Spatial Audio) I can definitely hear the difference when having Dolby Atmos in the Music preferences on Automatic and Off when listening to the built in speakers. And to my ears (which are granted almost 70 years old and listened to a LOT of high volume music over the years LOL) even with the AirPods Pro I hear a difference. Even though I do see the same grayed out indication that "Spatial Audio" is not available.
It works from the speakers in the MBP, but not from the headphones. Hope this helps clarify. I saw some folks posting that it worked for them who were playing it through their speakers. That’s not the issue, just to clarify. This is purely a headphone issue, and probably a disabled feature or glitch in Monterey.
Just add the music you want to listen with spatial audio and download it...works for me on MBA M1...good luck!!!
guys, use the official app instead of third-party app for eg: I had the same problem I wasn't able to use spatialized audio playing videos on chrome however when I switched to safari it started to work, I believe the same method applies to other apps like apple music
Funny enough I have found a temporary fix for this. Loading up netflix via safari actually activates the air pods Spatial sound audio. Pause any random vid on Netflix, and you can now enjoy the rest of the spatial experience on any other applications.
I know, it's crazy. I'm pretty much appalled but super glad at the same time because I know this info is going to make a LOT of fans happy. So i'm really happy to find out about this literally moments ago.
Dear apple team if you are reading this, please do something.
I used the same method but for YouTube.com does the same thing, however I can really not tell if the media from Apple Music is really being outputted in Spiritual Audio or its just visually showing in the menu bar
Release note
Spatial Audio
- Dynamic head tracking is available in Music with supported AirPods on Mac computers with the M1 chip
- Customizable spatial audio settings for Off, Fixed, and Head Tracked are now in Control Center with supported AirPods on Mac computers with the M1 chip
Spatial audio not available on MacBook Air m1? Running the latest OS Monterey. My settings show selected in both Music app and System Prefs. My AirPods work fine on my iPhone with spatial audio. but not on my macbook air m1
I had this problem, then it suddenly started working for a few days only to go off again. It took me a while to figure it out. It was Shazam. If it's on then Spatial audio will not work. Simply quit Shazam and it works.
Thanks for the tip! Authorizing this M1 Max MacBook Pro in Music corrected this for me when playing back an Atmos movie in the TV app. Music reported that it re-authorized, but that this machine had already been authorized before. I knew it had been, but thought I'd give your idea a try anyway. Now when I play an Atmos movie from the MacBook, using the AirPods Pro, it sounds really good, the audio is anchored to the screen rather than being in the middle of my head, and the spatial audio controls show up properly in the Menu Bar.
The Spatial Audio had worked for me when I first got the laptop, but something must have gotten wonky that re-authorizing fixed.
Same here, tried with PRAM restart it but still unavailable for me.
Same problem here, M1 MacBook Pro 13.3, the icon on tracks shows its playing in Atmos but AirPods Pro dropdown "spatial audio not avalible"
Spatial audio not available on MacBook Air m1?
