If you’re a fan of audiobooks, Audible is hard to beat. With its huge catalog of titles, which includes many exclusive to the platform, this Amazon assistant is the preferred choice for millions of book lovers.
Audible listeners can benefit from an exciting development, as the company has teamed up with Dolby Laboratories to provide audiobooks in Dolby Atmos. We’ll highlight the benefits of Dolby Atmos for audiobook lovers and how you can listen to the service.
Audible launches Dolby Atmos audiobooks: What it means for listeners
If you don’t know about Dolby Atmos, you are missing out. It’s a transformative listening experience that goes beyond surround sound to deliver a spatial audio effect. It uses height channels to keep your surround sound overhead as well as level. It provides an immersive soundscape: you don’t just hear the thunder; You feel like you belong in it.
The most common use of Dolby Atmos has been in cinema, with streaming services such as Disney+ offering Dolby Atmos to subscribers. There is also a trend of mixing music in Dolby Atmos.
Now the innovative technology has reached the world of audio books, with Audible leading the way. Dolby Atmos brings an exciting new dimension to audiobooks. The storytelling is supported by a cinematic audioscape that cleverly places additional sounds to more fully immerse the listener in the world of the book. The result is a powerful, dramatic experience that brings the story to life.
How to Listen to Audiobooks with Dolby Atmos on Audible
Dolby Atmos on Audible is available worldwide to anyone with a Dolby Atmos-compatible device and suitable listening headphones. You can find a full list of supported devices on Audible’s Help Center.
If you have an iOS device with supported headphones, you can use Apple Spatial Audio and Dynamic Head Tracking to create the most effective results, with sound that surrounds you and follows your head movements .
All you need to do is search for audiobooks that support Dolby Atmos, if your device supports it. You can browse the full list of titles currently available on the Audible website. Audible has a carousel on its home page to highlight some of the latest releases.
To check whether a book you’re interested in supports Dolby Atmos, type Dolby Atmos into the search bar on the Audible website. Or, if you’re browsing the catalog, look for the Dolby Atmos badge next to the title.
If you already own a title and it becomes available as a Dolby Atmos version, simply press play on your Audible app, and the updated version will stream. If you downloaded it, you’ll need to delete it and download it again to get the Dolby Atmos version. You won’t lose your listening position if you need to do this.
Which Dolby Atmos titles are available on Audible
At the time of writing, there is a range of approximately 40 Audible Original titles available in spatial audio with Dolby Atmos. The list includes elements from Audible’s diverse catalog and is divided into collections, making it easy to browse.
Enjoy immersing yourself in audiobooks with Dolby Atmos on Audible
Listening to Audible audiobooks has always been a great way to immerse yourself in an engrossing story, especially while traveling, commuting or working out. With the launch of Dolby Atmos on the platform, that experience has got an added dimension.
As time goes on and more titles embrace this pervasive method of storytelling, you’ll experience even more of the wonder of losing yourself in a great book.
If you’re a fan of audiobooks, Audible is hard to beat. With a huge selection of books, great features and apps that let you listen from anywhere, it’s the first choice for anyone who listens to audiobooks.
However, as good as Audible is, there are some tips and tricks you’ll need to use to help you get your money’s worth from your subscription or purchase.
1. Choose the right plan for your needs
You can use Audible with or without a subscription. If you only want to buy and listen to a few audiobooks a year, you might be better off without a subscription plan. Additionally, some listeners use Audible on an ad-hoc basis when obtaining audiobooks through Prime Reading or Kindle Unlimited, as these subscription programs are separate from Audible’s subscription plan.
If you previously used Audible, you may be interested to know that Amazon has changed its subscription plans and is no longer using the Gold and Silver plans of the past.