If you’ve been in a movie theater recently, you may have noticed that the sound is a whole lot more immersive. That’s thanks to spatial audio, a type of surround sound. The most well-known version is ...

Dolby Atmos is essentially the "name brand" spatial audio format. It's a way to more convincingly create surround sound in the cinema and at home. How it works, and how well it works, will vary ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

In the pop song “Left and Right” by Charlie Puth (feat. Jung Kook of BTS), he begins singing the lyrics: “Memories follow me left and right/I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here/You take ...

Over the past few years, spatial audio has become a big deal for most major headphone manufacturers, quickly evolving into a staple feature in the arsenal of many premium wireless earbuds and ...