Apple Music’s popular spatial audio feature expands to cars for the first time. Mercedes-Benz announced today that it’s adding Apple Music with spatial sound to a select number of its cars starting today, but support for the feature comes at a cost…
In a press release, Mercedes-Benz and Apple announced that Apple Music with spatial audio is now integrated directly with the MBUX infotainment system first on the Mercedes‑Maybach S Class, EQS and EQS SUV, as well as the EQE, EQE SUV, and S Class. The feature is available for these cars when equipped with the 31-speaker Burmester 3D or 4D audio system, an additional cost at the time of purchase of $4,550 or $6,730, respectively.
This gives drivers “studio-quality sound better than any concert hall” and “a fully immersive listening experience with unparalleled, multi-dimensional sound and clarity.”
Oliver Chaucer, Vice President of Apple Music and Beats, announced the new partnership in a statement:
“Sound quality is incredibly important to Apple Music which is why we are so excited to be working with Mercedes to make spatial audio available on Apple Music locally in the car for the first time. Spatial Audio is revolutionizing the way artists create and fans listen to music—an experience that is impossible to explain in words; You have to hear it for yourself to appreciate it. Together with Mercedes, we now have even more opportunities to deliver fully immersive music to our subscribers around the world.”
This is the first time that Apple Music’s spatial audio feature has expanded to include in-vehicle infotainment systems. Apple first announced the feature last year, along with support for lossless streaming. Spatial audio and lossless streaming are available to all Apple Music subscribers at no additional cost.
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