MERCEDES-BENZ has joined forces with Apple to integrate the tech giant’s innovative Spatial Audio into its cars.
The companies’ new collaboration marks the first time non-Apple devices will contain the cutting-edge sound feature.
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Spatial Audio was launched in September 2020. “studio-quality sound better than in any concert hall”Listeners will be surrounded with their music. Applereports.
This immersive experience is created through Dolby Atmos mixes that apply directional audio filters and adjust each ear’s frequencies, according toPocket-lint.
Spatial Audio will come standard within Mercedes-Benz Maybach, EQS, EQS SUV, EQE, and S-Class models, Apple reports.
Mercedes-Benz customers who have Apple Music subscriptions can access curated Spatial Audio playlists, daily picks from music experts, as well as a 100mm song catalogue.
These media options are complemented by global live-stream stations such as Apple Music 1, which broadcast 24 hours a days.
Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats, Oliver Schusser, said: “Spatial Audio is revolutionizing the way artists create, and fans listen to music, and it’s an experience that is impossible to explain in words; you have to hear it for yourself to appreciate it.
“Together with Mercedes-Benz, we now have even more opportunities to bring wholly immersive music to our subscribers all over the world.”
Late designer Virgil Abloh’s limited-edition Mercedes-Maybach was Mercedes-Benz’s first model to offer drivers dynamic Spatial Audio.
Abloh’s Mercedes-Maybach’s sound system features 31 speakers, six 3D speakers, four near-ear speakers, an 18.5-liter subwoofer, eight sound transducers, and two amplifiers, Apple reports.
The high-tech Mercedes-Maybach’s sound system is powered by 1,750 watts and was released last month.
Apple reports that Mercedes-Benz will soon integrate this audio technology in its other models.
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