Apple Music brings lossless streaming and Spatial Audio to Android

Source: Apple

If you're on Android and you update your Apple Music app to the latest version, you'll finally get access to the service's lossless streaming and Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio. For the latter, your phone needs to support Dolby Atmos to get the feature to work. More flagship-tier devices will most likely have this feature. It will work with any headphones, though. As for lossless, you will need external hardware like a DAC to get hi-res lossless.

These features come at no extra charge for subscribers, but not all tracks support lossless streaming yet. The company does plan to bring that feature to all of its 75 million catalog. And for Dolby Atmos, there are curated playlists and special badges on the streaming service to make it easier to find these songs.

Source: The Verge + Engadget

These Apple devices will support Apple Music's Spatial Audio playback

As Apple rolled out an update for Apple Music on Android, the company also updated a support document that showed which Apple devices can support Spatial Audio playback. And it looks like some of the older devices won't be getting the feature.

The new change states that the "built-in speakers on an iPhone XS or later (except iPhone SE), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation or later), iPad Pro 11-inch, or iPad Air (4th generation)" will support Spatial Audio. This means the iPad mini 5, the iPhone XR, or the standard iPad 6, iPad 7, or iPad 8.

Source: 9to5Mac

Wear OS watches running on Snapdragon Wear 3100 won't get upgraded to next-gen OS

Mobvoi TicWatch E3 will be eligible for Wear OS 3 update

With the announcement of Google and Samsung's new Wear OS platform, which is officially called Wear OS 3, we already know that it isn't the best time to purchase existing smartwatches on Google's platform. But now, we get a clearer picture of which smartwatches you should avoid getting. Those using older Android smartwatches running on Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset won't be getting the next-generation operating system.

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LG new PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier comes with built-in mic, speaker

LG improves on its PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier by adding a microphone and speaker into the high-tech mask. It comes with a voice amplifier that detects when you're speaking so it can amplify it for you. It comes with a smaller motor than its predecessor, which could make it easier to wear. And it now has a larger 1,000mAh battery that charges via USB. You'll need around two hours to fully charge this up.

The new PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier is launching in Thailand in August. But we don't know yet how much it will cost or which other markets will get the mask.

Source: Gadget Match