Dolby Atmos support is coming to the Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs in 2017.
The object-based sound format—which promises a more immersive 360-degree 3D audio experience—has so far been limited to a few key PC games, including EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront and Blizzard’s Overwatch (albeit in a naff, pseudo-surround headphone mix for the latter), as well as certain Blu-ray players.
The announcement makes the Xbox One and Xbox One S the first consoles to support Atmos in games, although—as it stands—only Blizzard has actually committed to bringing an Atmos-compatible game to the console in the form of its multiplayer shooter Overwatch. As part of Atmos support, the Xbox One and Xbox One S will also finally feature Dolby Bitstream pass-through, which fires audio data over HDMI untouched to a TV or receiver for decoding.
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Source: Ars Technica – Dolby Atmos to hit Xbox One and Windows 10 in 2017