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 may make its debut in Samsung’s 2025 sensible TV lineup. Nevertheless, the burning query on many individuals’s minds has been the place else you may truly hearken to it. The reply is now changing into clearer.

Google representatives chatting with FlatpanelsHD confirmed that Eclipsa might be a part of the Android 16 operating system, which means that any TV utilizing Android OS, reminiscent of Google TVs, Hisense, Sony, and extra, will assist the format sooner or later. It is not simply Android 16-compatiable sensible TVs supporting Eclipsa both; FlatpanelsHD additionally experiences that it is going to 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 had 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 might be getting extra streaming companies 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 house, 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 supply 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 might be primarily accessible on Android units attributable to its integration with Android 16. Naturally, Google-owned YouTube will even assist the audio format, and for a lot of customers, that may doubtless be the primary place they get to expertise it. Later this 12 months, YouTube creators will have the ability 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. Nevertheless, getting different streaming companies 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 reveals will undertake the audio format is one other query totally, however as Eclipsa’s presence on units expands, filmmakers and showrunners could take observe.

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