Listen with Personalised Spatial Audio for AirPods and Beats
With Personalised Spatial Audio, you can use the TrueDepth camera on your iPhone to create a personal profile for Spatial Audio that delivers a listening experience tuned just for you.
What you need
To set up Personalised Spatial Audio, you’ll need an iPhone with iOS 16 or later and the TrueDepth camera.
After you've signed in with your Apple ID, you can use Personalised Spatial Audio on these devices:
AirPods Pro (1st or 2nd generation), AirPods Max, AirPods (3rd generation), Beats Fit Pro or Beats Studio Pro
Audio-visual content from a supported app
An iPhone with iOS 16 or later; an iPad with iPadOS 16.1 or later; an Apple Watch with watchOS 9 or later; an Apple TV with tvOS 16 or later; or a Mac computer with Apple silicon and macOS Ventura
Set up Personalised Spatial Audio
With your AirPods or Beats connected to your iPhone, go to Settings > [your Spatial Audio-enabled device] > Personalised Spatial Audio > Personalise Spatial Audio.
To capture the Front view, hold your iPhone directly in front of you, about 30cm (12 inches) away. Position your face in the camera frame, then slowly move your head in a circle to show all angles of your face. Tap Continue.
To capture a view of your right ear, hold your iPhone with your right hand. Move your right arm 45 degrees to your right, then turn your head slowly to the left. To capture a view of your left ear, switch your iPhone to your left hand. Move your left arm 45 degrees to your left, then turn your head slowly to the right. Audio and visual cues will help you finish the setup process.
Turn off Personalised Spatial Audio
With your AirPods or Beats connected to your iPhone, go to Settings > [your Spatial Audio-enabled device] > Personalised Spatial Audio > Stop Using Personalised Spatial Audio.
Security safeguards
Camera data used to develop your profile is processed entirely on your device and images are not stored. Your personal profile for Spatial Audio will sync across your Apple devices using end-to-end encryption if you use iCloud, and this cannot be read by Apple.
