The tech guarantees immersive sound that feels like it’s coming from all directions.
Notwithstanding debuting in 2019, Sony’s vivid 360 Reality Audio format is as yet restricted to a handful of services and devices, including Tidal, the Amazon Echo Studio and the Japanese organization’s own speakers and headphones. Yet, the object-based spatial audio tech — which guarantees room-filling sound that feels as though it’s coming from all directions — could be going to get a arm. XDA Developers has seen Android code reviews that propose Google is working with Sony to integrate 360 Reality Audio into its mobile OS.
The code mentions adding support for the MPEG-H 3D Audio format — which permits vocals, instruments and different sounds to be put around the listener — to Android’s MPEG4Extractor system component. Different parts likewise specifically reference 360 Reality Audio, including a comment from Sony software engineer Kei Murayama that appears to affirm the partnership between the two organizations. “This is one of the patches mentioned in the meeting ‘Android OS 360RA support’ between Google and Sony,” the code reads.
Despite the fact that the work is likely still in the beginning stages, support for the format would eventually make it simpler for Android app makers to integrate 3D audio playback into their applications. While administrations that generally offer the configuration may not need upheld devices, as per somewhat in the code that mentions a virtualizer that works with “any headphones.”
The move certainly fits with Sony’s grand plan to carry 360 Reality Audio to the majority. So far, it’s focused on creating software tools that could help the format’s scant library (with just 4,000 supported tracks as of January) and built concerts and studios that can catch the improved sound. To get the element on to telephones and sound gadgets, Sony said it would license the earphone personalization tech from its Headphones application to different manufacturers. Acquiring Google’s Android — the popular mobile OS worldwide — would stamp a significant win.