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Dolby Atmos via AirPlay for the Era 300

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Please update the software so we can get Dolby Atmos via AirPlay on the Era 300. I was about to return my Era 300 because getting Dolby Atmos through the app was too much of a hassle, but when Apple announced that it would be available through AirPlay with iOS 18, I decided I’d keep it. But after a few weeks with iOS 18, I’m disappointed to see my Era 300 cannot get Dolby Atmos through AirPlay.

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AjTrek1

It makes perfect sense that the Era 300 may not be able to stream Dolby Atmos over Airplay2 as Apple has just added the functionality. 3rd party speakers such as Sonos were developed under the old AirPlay codec. Apple would have to share what has changed with Sonos in order for Sonos to determine if Atmos over AirPlay can be added to current software via update. If not It may not happen until the next gen Era 300. Furthermore Apple’s statement about “compatible” speakers is very vague as to what 3rd party speakers might be involved.

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Well, looks like we’re both speculating as this point. We can just as easily say “it makes perfect sense that the Era 300 is able to stream Dolby Atmos over AirPlay2” (for reasons I mentioned above). So until someone from Sonos is tasked with looking into it, they come to a conclusion, and they release a statement, it’s Schrödinger's speaker lol. It both can and cannot support Dolby Atmos via AirPlay 2. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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MoPac

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Please update the software so we can get Dolby Atmos via AirPlay on the Era 300. I was about to return my Era 300 because getting Dolby Atmos through the app was too much of a hassle, but when Apple announced that it would be available through AirPlay with iOS 18, I decided I’d keep it. But after a few weeks with iOS 18, I’m disappointed to see my Era 300 cannot get Dolby Atmos through AirPlay.

Why is Dolby Atmos a hassle through the app? I do it all the time. I do think there would be one advantage using AirPlay. Atmos via the Sonos app is not perfectly gapless. There is a slight glitch between tracks that are meant to be gapless. Mostly when the transition is during a loud passage. Maybe AirPlay would not suffer from that glitch.

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