The period of Dolby Atmos could also be coming to an finish due to this new audio format

At CES 2025, Google and Samsung introduced Eclipsa Audio, an open-source 3D audio format to rival Dolby Atmos that can make its debut in Samsung’s 2025 good TV lineup. Nonetheless, the burning query on many individuals’s minds has been the place else you possibly can truly take heed to it. The reply is now changing into clearer.

Google representatives talking to FlatpanelsHD confirmed that Eclipsa will probably be a part of the Android 16 operating system, that means that any TV utilizing Android OS, corresponding to Google TVs, Hisense, Sony, and extra, will assist the format sooner or later. It isn’t simply Android 16-compatiable good TVs supporting Eclipsa both; FlatpanelsHD additionally experiences that it will likely be accessible on webOS for LG TVs too, however the timeline for when that’s occurring is unclear. In a blog post in January, Google defined the reasoning behind the creation of Eclipsa.

“Spatial audio applied sciences have been first developed over 50 years in the past, and playback has been accessible to shoppers for over a decade, however creating spatial audio has been largely restricted to professionals within the film or music industries,” Google mentioned in a blog post. “That’s why Google and Samsung are releasing Eclipsa Audio, an open-source spatial audio format for everybody.”

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How Eclipsa Audio works

It is greatest hurdle will probably be getting extra streaming providers on board

Eclipsa Audio is a channel-based 3D audio format that makes use of Immersive Audio Mode and Formats (IAMF) to precisely place sounds in a digital area, creating the impact of audio coming from throughout the listeners. As a result of the format is open-source, any creator can entry its audio instruments to provide 3D sound — not like Dolby Atmos. The format is below improvement by Google, Samsung, and different contributors as a part of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM).

Initially, Eclipsa Audio will probably be primarily accessible on Android units as a consequence of its integration with Android 16. Naturally, Google-owned YouTube may also assist the audio format, and for a lot of customers, that can seemingly be the primary place they get to expertise it. Later this yr, YouTube creators will be capable to add movies that make the most of the brand new format.

The prospect of Eclipsa Audio is thrilling, particularly if it improves the audio expertise on YouTube and each Android 16 smartphone and pill. Nonetheless, getting different streaming providers and filmmakers to undertake Eclipsa Audio would be the greatest hurdle it faces. FlatpanelsHD reports that Netflix has but to announce its assist for Eclipsa Audio, and neither has Apple for tvOS or iOS. Whether or not many motion pictures or exhibits will undertake the audio format is one other query fully, however as Eclipsa’s presence on units expands, filmmakers and showrunners could take word.

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