Spatial audio not available on MacBook Air m1?

Problem solved with Monterey 12.3?

Has anyone updated and verified?

Yep updated and it works for Apple Music and YouTube/Netflix. Thanks Apple

Better late than never...

Same. Now offers "off", "fixed", and "head tracking.

Amusingly - some of the songs in Apple's own "spatial audio" hits - don't appear to have any spatial audio settings!

same idk why my airpod pro’s spatial audio doesn’t work on my apple music when i use it with my macbook air but works well with my iphone.

Same Problem. 2021 14" MacBook Pro with M1 Pro. I wish someone from Apple would address this.

If that's true what mu-on is saying, than this is a workaround (altho kudos for finding one), still I consider this as a bug. M1 chip is more than capable of playing Atmos content (music in that case) while streaming... **** my old iPhone 7Plus can do it without a hickup.

To sum it up:

iPhones - can steram music in Atmos

iPads (also with M1 chip) - can stream music in Atmos

Apple TV 4K - can stream music in Atmos

MacBooks with M1 - CAN'T

Mac mini (M1) - CAN'T

Looks like MacOS Monterey music.app limitation or bug.

Hi, I have the same problem, but according to this you can only use spatial audio on the new MacBook Pro. Am I reading this correctly? How its possible that an old iPhone 7 can do it, but my new M1 Air can't?

https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT211775

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!

I had a case opened and have just received a response back from the engineers that this is expected behaviour but have given no reason why. Absolutely ridiculous you can't stream spatial audio on Apple Music on a MacBook but can on an iPhone and/or iPad. Madness.

I tried downloading the track and it worked. Seems to only work when you download the music. Make sure that you have the "Download Dolby Atmos" selected in the Apple Music preferences.