AirPods Pro Spatial Audio = MIND BLOWN

ah, you're blind, why do you walk like that? Did you try this? Oh my god, it sounds stupid, it sounds so stupid it feels like I don't know how the software works so recently a new feature was released for these guys right here, the

airpods

pro. I knew I had to try it because I remember watching the keynote below, let's talk about

airpods

where they announced this particular facial

audio

feature. I mean, it felt like something interesting. It seemed like something interesting. I couldn't feel it yet. I just was. Watching the presentation, you know the experience of being in a movie theater, where the sound comes not only from in front of you but also from the left, from the right behind you, and even from above.

The way this basically works is with the latest software update. so you have IOS 14 and then you have this is the important part, the latest software on your airpods pro, it will also create a

spatial

awareness surround sound experience that is relative to your head and the device you are holding. Place sounds virtually anywhere in space, now not all devices are supported, you need a relatively recent iOS device to take advantage of this as well and then it will take some magic to get your airpods pro to update because there is no way to force them. a firmware update for these things, you just have to leave them nearby and leave them open and in our case it took like an hour.

I don't know, it's Apple Magic going on. Siri had to be enabled, there is a little pro tip. So for some reason, enabling Siri helps update the Airpods Pro. What you're looking for is version 3a283, at least at the time of filming this video. After you have done this, this will enable

spatial

audio

switching and support for spatial. audio in several different apps where you would normally have surround sound content Dolby 5.1 or 7.1 content so there's also a little demo just to give me an idea of ​​what it's going to be like so I'll open oh by the way this doesn't work on regular airpods, I'm not sure why we had them here just to rub it in.

If you have regular airpods, don't expect to use this feature. I'll go ahead and correct them. in my ear right now by default, I mean, this is something you've seen before in these settings, you have noise cancellation and you have transparency. Transparency will allow the microphones on these devices to let sound through, so I'll click on that. for a moment, just as a quick re

mind

er, this allows you to have a conversation and listen to what's around you. I've loved this feature on headphones going back several years and I'm glad it now exists on an Apple Airpods product.

Think about the type of optimal spatial audio experience. I'm going to go back to noise cancellation mode anyway, we scroll down here and now you've unlocked this spatial audio setting, so I'm going to go ahead and click on see and hear how. What works here is immersive three-dimensional audio from compatible videos that follows the movement of your phone, obviously, it has several sensors capable of knowing where the phone is in relation to your head, that's that kind of synergy, as they say in the well, that's the corporate jargon. but I think ecosystem is the most common terminology in the technology field anyway, look and listen to how it works well, first you have stereo audio, this is the typical functionality of a headset, so now I'm going to click on the audio button space, oh everyone. right now, what if I say?

Oh yeah, you're right, the Shaker is what you should pay attention to if you're trying this out yourself, there's like it stays here, the Shaker is your phone now it's here, but in this ear I know what I'm saying, it's very complicated, what happens if I turn around completely? Yeah, behind me, oh, that's a little creepy, oh, that's weird, it's a different level of immersion, you can imagine, kind of scary with the creeping forward and the sound effect. behind, it's okay, don't

mind

me. I'm going to dive in here. Foreigner is not supported. Yes, I have movies.

Can I play like Batman or something? Oh yes, I see Dolby Vision. Should I try it? Do it, oh, yeah, yeah, it's working, oh. that's so weird wait oh okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay that feels so real that a voice on a screen doesn't move it could just be like talking to someone talking back to someone and they stay here it's great it's a great experience with headphones you know what it feels like it just feels like sitting in a movie theater with the sound It comes mainly from the front and if you turned your head it would obviously change your brain's perception of the source of the sound.

Watch the headphones if I get up and what happens if I get up and walk. You're blind? It sounds stupid, it sounds so stupid. I am saying. I feel like I'm in a movie theater. It's like Lou is out of my sight, but he is. It feels like it is. I don't know how the software is so sophisticated, how they have replicated that experience so accurately on my little one. my little ear can hold what I'm on an iPhone now, so I don't know, this might be too much for me if I was just on public transportation and focused here, but if I was relaxing on the iPad or on a laptop, God My, how amazing what you can get out of these tiny headphones and some fancy software techniques, it's sacred.

I've tried surround sound virtualization in the past on full-scale headphones, and to be fair, I'm talking about these. They are not the most advanced headphones I have tried, but the combination of the software relationship between the device, the content and the headphones has created a very realistic cinema room, like sitting or not mind a cinema room, but like a sofa and a large television. and if you had a big stereo setup, a big surround setup, it really feels like that, but I just have these little headphones, it also feels like the sound is here somewhere, like it has texture, it's very strange, it doesn't feel like it's in my headphones it feels like it's coming from the screen wherever the screen is placed it feels like the sound is halfway between me and the screen and at no point do you feel like it's coming from your headphones it feels like out your headphones are earplugs, your brain is completely fooled, it's incredibly well made.

I don't know about a portable movie-watching experience. I think some people, a lot of people, tend to underestimate the sound component and this just adds a whole different level to mobile. movie watching experience. I don't even need to try an iPad. I might as well do it since I have it here so quick switching is another improvement that has been made in the latest airpods pro software and iOS 14. So I'm going to press play on the phone and see if it changes immediately because I was just on the iPad, yeah, the phone is loud, amazing and now I'm on the iPad, the sound is playing, so you don't even have to think about it, I mean. obviously you have to pair it at some point or you have to log into iCloud for it to recognize the devices, but no, it's instant, whatever it is.

I love it. I mean, like I said, I think this is a great development. I think they totally are. They underestimated it, which is not like Apple at all, to be honest, you'd think they'd make a big deal out of this, but they just implemented it as an extra feature. They could have released a completely different set of headphones based on this feature and maybe. maybe they'll make a studio rig like this that has that feature built in but with a much larger driver unit and an over-ear headphone. If Apple did that, you'd assume this experience would be amplified to a uniform level. higher level, but as it is now it's on your airpods pro headphones.

Oh by the way, also look at the back case on the airpods pro, you might want to pick one of those that protects them plus you get the carbon fiber look , so that just makes me a lot more excited for when Apple makes some true over-ear headphones and puts this software and in this program inside them. I mean, it could be a very immersive experience. I brought these headphones, in fact, I'm kind. Surprisingly, I haven't seen it yet because the previous version, the xm3, was my over-ear headphone. I still prefer an over-ear headphone to a headset in most circumstances.

Now this has something called 360 reality audio, which is I'm going to mimic the experience I just had, but without the same level of sophistication. However, it's not taking advantage of the various sensors on the phone itself, it doesn't have that kind of connection and therefore if I just turn my head. From the source, it's not really going to change the experience, which is a key part of the Airpods Pro spatial experience. This is not a cheap headset, it is within the premium segment, competing with products like the various Bose products and headphones from Microsoft. that's out there and I don't know, maybe even some Beats products and definitely, every time Apple decides to make their own for years, of course, there's an app that goes with it that allows you to control all the different signature settings. sound you want.

It can be modified and noise cancellation and the rest all fits in this handy carrying case. It also has this mesh pocket on the outside. It's a nice little touch with the Sony zipper here which has some kind of coating that looks like bronze or rose gold, oh we open it up and we have our headphones once again. These are the blacked out version, but the same color you see on the zipper carries over into the Sony logo and a couple of elements on the headphones. These things I can use these things for hours and hours without ear fatigue, it's a lightweight headset for what it is and you also have these super comfortable cushions on there, you have a right and left designation.

One of the rumors about the upcoming Apple Studio headphones is that we will be able to place them in any direction and, once again based on the phone's participation, we will be able to know which ear should receive the left channel signal and which ear should receive the right channel signal . We have some buttons on the Outside there is a custom configurable button here, your power switch with an LED light above it, here is the mini jack connector, if you choose to use this wired, there is a USB Type C connector there and also an LED on the right.

Next to it also in the package the smallest type C to USB a cable a small pocket for your airline adapter and your mini jack cable also everything fits very well and then the control scheme this is a touch panel on the side later there is okay next oh playing 360 on your headphones allows for audio immersion yeah so this is cool this spreads the sound out so it's a much bigger stage and it feels like you're more like in a place alive, I guess, instead of being locked in a foreign headset oh that's very disturbing that's very disturbing I mean, it's very disturbing why because the software is so powerful holy man once you've had the experience once you've had the spatial audio experience now I know I'm testing I literally just did it and it's important to note that these are probably my favorite headphones and certainly in most circumstances if I'm just listening to music or something I'd rather have these posts instead of these, but just a b test of the Avengers endgame audio experience.

The space thing is Really, I mean it's not these, right? They don't sound bad. I need an explosion or something. They sound good. The problem is that they sound like headphones. These things fool your brain completely. Let me wait. Yes, that's just stereo. The 360 ​​component is. it's only compatible with certain music apps and even there it's not that sophisticated because it just surrounds you, uh, it's doing some guesswork, whereas this uses real math, yeah, it's a different experience, it's a different experience. I mean, this is still a complete headset, so everything. it has a little more richness or bass, but this feels like a movie theater, it feels like you're sitting in a movie theater and it's addictive if you have an iPhone if you have an iPad if you're completely into the device and you don't have Airpods Pro, as soon as you have them, you can get them for Christmas I guess, and the first thing you should do is try this spatial audio because it really is very different from The other headphone experiences I have are not for music, they are specifically for watching content that supports it, but you need even a champion-level headset like this and it makes me want to leave them when I start the movie that supports spatial audio.

That's a pretty big deal, so I'm going to continue using them on a day-to-day basis anyway, but man, when you put on a movie all of a sudden, now I'm looking for an iPad. happening here sheesh spatial audio Apple did something cool