Looking for testers for my new app, Spatial Audio Preview

By Levi Gobin, 18 April, 2026

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

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iOS and iPadOS

Hello all.

I've been working on a pretty cool side project of mine called Spatial Audio Preview. Yes, I know, generic name, but I couldn't think of what else to call it.

What it does

If you have listened to spatial audio content a lot, you most likely know that depending on the app you listen to it in, the spatial audio sounds different.

For example, in a music app like Apple Music, spatial audio content sounds one way.

In video apps like Apple TV, it sounds more like a movie theater, with objects sounding more like they are coming from speakers in a room rather than localizable objects.

Have you ever wished you could take any file (stereo or multi-channel/Dolby Atmos) and compare the differences directly between the two of them?

That's where Spatial Audio Preview comes into play.

  • Preview mono, stereo, and multi-channel content in the Music and Movie playback modes.
  • Preview video, either in full screen or in a minimized view while listening.
  • See the channel count, sample rate, and bit depth of a file.
  • Load in any audio or video file, from your severely compressed mono MP3 to your multi-channel 32-bit 192 kHz lossless uncompressed WAV files.

If you have any suggestions or changes/features I should add, please let me know.

Supported devices

  • You need a device with at least iOS/iPadOS 16.0, or visionOS 1.0 if you are one of the few with a Vision Pro.
    • Note: I personally do not have a Vision Pro, or the budget to afford one, so if you do have one, I don't know how this app runs on visionOS.
  • you will need spatial audio compatible airpods or beats headphones:
    • AirPods 3 and later
    • AirPods Pro (all models)
    • AirPods Max (all models)
    • Beats Fit Pro
    • Beats Studio Pro
    • Beats Solo 4

Download

Currently, you can try the app on TestFlight here.

Let me know what you think.

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Comments

By Jokyboy129 on Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 07:04

I have a big music collection in Flac #CD quality. But none of it is Spatial audio. I don't know where to get spatial audio files to test this app. Or does it also spatialize Stereo?

By Olivier on Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 12:39

Did you think about translating it? I could help you doing it in French.

By Levi Gobin on Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 14:05

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

English is currently the only language because that is the only one I know. If anyone wants to help translate it I'd appreciate it.

By Bo on Monday, April 20, 2026 - 11:45

I can help out with vision pro testing. I also downloaded it to my iPad Pro, at least initially, to get familiar with it.

By Levi Gobin on Monday, April 20, 2026 - 11:48

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

I'm genuinely curious to see how the app works on visionOS.

By Seamus on Monday, April 20, 2026 - 13:08

It doesn’t matter what file you use as long as it is an audio file. You just need to upload any audio file into the app and it will put it into a spatial audio file. All you need is some AirPods and you should be good to go.

By Olivier on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - 13:41

I would love to help you in this project. How could we stay in touch privately without commenting this post everytime??
Best,
Olivier

By Levi Gobin on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - 14:00

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

You can contact me at ltgobin@icloud.com.

All feedback is welcome and is greatly appreciated .