Mercedes-Benz to Offer Spatial Audio in Vehicles

<p>Mercedes-Benz has teamed up with Apple to offer Apple Music’s highly acclaimed Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos is now available as a native experience in Mercedes-Benz vehicles for the first time&comma; delivering on a shared commitment to provide customers worldwide with the very best music experience&period; Apple Music with Spatial Audio comes fully integrated through the MBUX infotainment system in Mercedes-Maybach models&comma; the EQS and EQS SUV&comma; as well as the EQE and the S-Class&comma; equipping these vehicles with studio-quality sound better than in any concert hall&comma; and giving drivers a fully immersive listening experience with unparalleled&comma; multidimensional sound and clarity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sound quality is incredibly important to Apple Music&comma; which is why we are so excited to be working with Mercedes-Benz to make Spatial Audio on Apple Music available natively in the car for the first time&comma;” said Oliver Schusser&comma; Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Spatial Audio is revolutionizing the way artists create and fans listen to music&comma; and it’s an experience that is impossible to explain in words&semi; you have to hear it for yourself to appreciate it&period; Together with Mercedes-Benz&comma; we now have even more opportunities to bring wholly immersive music to our subscribers all over the world&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re joining forces to offer our customers a benchmark music experience unparalleled in the industry&comma;” said Markus Schäfer&comma; Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s chief technology officer and a member of the board of management&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are proud that our vehicles will be the first-ever non-Apple devices to feature immersive Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos&period; This seamless experience shows how in-car entertainment can reach exciting new levels by perfectly integrating hardware and software&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mercedes-Benz drivers who are already subscribed to Apple Music gain immediate access to an ever-growing selection of songs and albums available in Spatial Audio from some of the world’s biggest artists spanning all genres&comma; including hip-hop&comma; country&comma; Latin&comma; pop&comma; and classical&period; Apple Music also offers curated Spatial Audio playlists like Driving in Spatial Audio and Hip-Hop in Spatial Audio&comma; where listeners can find and discover songs from their favorite artists&period; Additionally&comma; subscribers can access Apple Music’s entire catalog of 100 million songs&comma; thousands of editorially curated playlists&comma; and daily selections from the world’s best music experts&comma; including all of the artists and hosts broadcasting across its Apple Music 1&comma; Apple Music Hits&comma; and Apple Music Country global live-stream radio stations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The limited edition Mercedes-Maybach by Virgil Abloh&comma; released to consumers last month&comma; was one of the first cars in the world — and the first model in the Mercedes-Benz lineup — to offer this superior&comma; multidimensional soundscape powered by the Burmester high-end 4D sound system&period; The system includes 31 speakers&comma; including six 3D speakers that emit their sound from above&comma; four near-ear speakers in the front seats&comma; and an 18&period;5-liter subwoofer&semi; eight sound transducers &lpar;two per seat&rpar;&semi; two amplifiers&semi; and 1&comma;750 watts of power&period; The technology will be rolled out to other models soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;