[Desktop][Developer] MacOS Monterey Spatial Audio Support for Spotify

[user-removed]

Briefly,

Implement Spatial Audio feature on macos platform like iOS.

Apple provides a simulated Spatial Audio feature in macOS Monterey for apps that add their plugin. Doing so enables Spotify for Mac listeners to take advantage of new Spatial Audio features on AirPod Pros and other supported headphones and requires little effort from development. You've closed like this idea before. However, we recommend that you read carefully, this is a different platform not iOS, this is MAC OS.

[Alex]

Updated on 2021-11-08

Hello @user-removed,

Thanks for submitting your idea to the Idea Exchange!

We've gone ahead and marked this as a new suggestion. Spotify Staff will look into this idea once it reaches the necessary amount of votes.

More info on how your feedback reaches Spotify via the Idea Exchange can be found here.

Cheers!

[featuredspace]

Would really love to see this come to macOS, it's the one thing that sometimes makes me switch over to Apple Music occasionally (I have AM for free but I prefer Spotify lol)

[fjongmans]

Yeah, completely agree. Would be nice to have this option. At the moment I'm using Spotify on my iPhone instead of my MacBook for listening. I keep switching devices now which is a little cumbersome.

[mgr0702]

Yes. I don't want to switch to Apple Music, but if you don't add spatial audio support I'll just have to. Please do it ASAP. 

[exvaex]

Hi guys, yes I think this is a very important feature. However, I recently switched to Apple Music, but due to a bug spatial audio was not working there either.

[blaira89]

Spotify - don't make your users change platforms in pursuit of features that your platform should have!

[Luan]

Updated on 2021-12-22

Hey! Looks like that your idea is growing up fast and it's amazing! We are going to change its status to 'Good Suggestion' now and we hope it continues to be supported by more and more users.
Thanks again for your idea. We really appreciate it 🙂

More information about how the Spotify Idea Exchange works can be found here.

[balbitiare]

Looking forward to this feature.

[fadschonberg]

I'm also looking forward for this feature to bring it on Mac. Because every time I'm listening Spotify on Mac, it doesn't play spatial audio, makes me change back to playing on my iPhone, althought the devices connected each other.

So please bring it on, not only for Monterey, cause I'm still running Big Sur, Monterey still has some problem, I read.

[tywerwerwre]

Come on Spotify let's get this feature added