Check out these tips for creating a more immersive movie-watching experience at home. Netflix has recently released a new way to offer theater-like immersive audio to its streaming subscribers across the world via their stereo speakers, so grab a beverage and pop some popcorn. Spherical audio was first made available on the popular streaming service’s portfolio on July 6 through a collaboration with audio technology company Sennheiser. The realistic, surround-sound audio can be played through any stereo set-up to convert viewing movies and TV at home into a theatrical experience.
Spatial audio was announced by Netflix in a blog post that claimed, “This wonderful combination of sight and sound will bring viewers closer to the tale, and we’re pleased to add this capacity” to other features like 4K, HDR, Dolby Atmos and Netflix Calibrated Mode. The stories come to life through their soundtrack in the same manner on all Netflix devices thanks to spatial audio. In theory, stereo speakers can be used to replicate audio that was intended to come from behind the viewer. For the first time, Netflix is using Sennheiser AMBEO 2-Channel Spatial Audio, which turns immersive mixes into two-channel sound.
On Apple devices like the iPhone and iPad, the streaming service provides enhanced 5.1 surround sound and immersive Dolby Atmos audio. As of right now, there are 27 titles with spatial audio accessible, including well-known original television programmes like Stranger Things, The Witcher, and Locke & Key. Fear Street, based on R.L. Stine’s juvenile horror novels, and Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds, are two examples of movies with spatial audio.
List of Netflix titles in the United States with spatial audio currently available: There are a lot of great shows out there like Stranger Things and Red Notice, Resident Evil, Raising Dion, Keep Sweet Pray and Obey, Locke and Key, Castlevania, Interceptor, Jennifer Lopez’s Halftime, The Unforgivable, Selena the Series, The Order, Fear Street: Part One – 1994, Fear Street: Part Two – 1978 and Fear Street: Part Three – 1666. Searching for “spatial audio” on Netflix will bring up new titles as they become available.