What’s new in Music, TV, Podcasts, and Books

THE UPDATES TO Music, TV, Podcasts, and Books are refinements rather than major changes, and focus on adding support for technologies and features that have been added elsewhere in iOS. Apple says that iOS 15 brings “an even more immersive experience of Dolby Atmos music with Apple’s dynamic head tracking.” Perhaps more interesting is a “spatialize stereo” feature that turned up in a beta of iOS 15. This simulates 3D audio in Music, TV, and third–party video and music apps where the content isn’t encoded with Dolby Atmos. You’ll need AirPods Pro or AirPods Max to take advange of spatial audio, although Dolby Atmos tracks will work with any headphones. The Music update also supports using tracks from your Music Library in Photos’ Memories.

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Podcasts also get support for Shared with You, which displays content other people have shared with you in Messages, and for SharePlay.

Books gets a new search engine that corrects spelling mistakes as you type, showcases collections of books in results, and enables you to buy books from the search tab.