News > Streaming Apple Music in iOS 15 Now Has Dynamic Head Tracking But it'll only work with AirPods Pro and AirPods Max By Rob Rich Rob Rich Twitter News Reporter College for Creative Studies Rob is a freelance tech reporter with experience writing for a variety of outlets, including IGN, Unwinnable, 148Apps, Gamezebo, Pocket Gamer, Fanbolt, Zam, and more. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on September 21, 2021 07:47PM EDT Fact checked by Rich Scherr Fact checked by Rich Scherr Twitter University of Maryland Baltimore County Rich Scherr is a seasoned technology and financial journalist who spent nearly two decades as the editor of Potomac and Bay Area Tech Wire. lifewire's fact checking process Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Streaming Mobile Phones Internet & Security Computers & Tablets Smart Life Home Theater & Entertainment Software & Apps Social Media Streaming Gaming If you have an iPhone 7 or later, iOS 15, and a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, you can take advantage of dynamic head tracking audio. With iOS 15 seeing its full release Tuesday, you now can install it and start taking advantage of all the new features—including spatial audio through Dolby Atmos. This will provide you with a sort of simulated surround sound that makes it sound like various instruments and vocals are coming from all around you. Apple In the case of dynamic head tracking, it even gives these audio elements a fixed point in virtual space that changes dynamically. In other words if you turn your head, the audio orientation of the instruments and vocals will appear to change. For example, if it sounds like there are drums to your right and you turn your head in that direction, it will then sound like the drums are in front of you. Apple The head tracking feature should be enabled by default once spatial audio is turned on—just go into your device's Bluetooth settings to toggle it. There's also a demonstration option (in Settings) you can select if you want to hear what it'll sound like before you change the settings. Once enabled, you can control the volume or turn spatial audio on and off directly from Control Center. Dynamic head tracking is available in Apple Music now and, if you have the right equipment and turn on Spatial Audio, you can try it out whenever you'd like. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up! Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit