Tesla is rumored to be engaged on integrating Dolby Atmos in its electrical automobiles as a way to ship higher encompass sound.
Dolby Atmos is a encompass sound know-how developed by Dolby Laboratories. The corporate describes it as “increasing on present encompass sound methods by including peak channels, permitting sounds to be interpreted as three-dimensional objects.”
Being round for 10 years, it’s not precisely new, nevertheless it was first built-in into film theaters, then made it to high-end house theaters, and now solely not too long ago began making it to automobiles.
It began with Lucid integrating the technology in the Air, its electrical sedan final 12 months, and since then a number of different automakers – together with Mercedes-Benz and Volvo – introduced that it’s going to combine Dolby Atmos.
Now BGR experiences primarily based on unnamed sources that Tesla is engaged on integrating the know-how in its automobiles:
Certainly one of Tesla’s upcoming software program updates ought to give the sound methods in its present and new automobiles a substantial improve. In line with our sources, Tesla has been working with main document labels for months to deliver Dolby Atmos to Tesla automobiles. As soon as the software program replace rolls out, over 1 million Teslas which are presently on the highway will assist Dolby Atmos, together with all newly manufactured automobiles.
Lately, Tesla has put an emphasis on the sound system inside its automobiles.
The sound system within the Mannequin 3 has been well-received by audiophiles, and the one within the new model of the Mannequin S has additionally acquired optimistic opinions.
It has been in comparison with an costly Bang & Olufsen system usually present in premium automobiles, however for a fraction of the worth.
When a reviewer made the comparability on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented:
Tesla audio engineers come from B&O & many different firms. They actually rock. Our system is extremely programmable, so we maintain enhancing it through OTA codec updates.
Tesla certainly has a number of audio engineers from Bang & Olufsen, like lead audio engineer Markus Koch, who spent over a decade at Harman and Bang & Olufsen earlier than becoming a member of Tesla in 2015. He briefly left for a stint at Byton earlier than coming again to Tesla in 2019.
Extra not too long ago, Tesla additionally employed a number of engineers from Jawbone and Amazon Lab126, the place they develop the Echo audio system.
The corporate has additionally been integrating totally different music streaming providers instantly inside its automobiles with apps constructed to work on its heart shows.
Most famously, Tesla has integrated Spotify into its vehicles as the primary music streaming app. Final 12 months, the automaker also integrated Tidal. Earlier this week, we additionally reported on Tesla teasing Apple Music integration coming soon.
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