Ever since its genesis, there has been a lot of talk about spatial audio. From its inclusion in Apple Music to the now half-dozen variations that appear in headphones from Bose to Sony, the format ...

I put the Google Pixel Buds Pro in my ears, pick a YouTube video with spatial audio, leave the phone on the desk in front of me, and roll away on my revolving desk chair. I let go and start spinning.

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 ...