Press Release Apple Music now available natively in GM vehicles with standard streaming; Cadillac debuts studio-grade Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos

[ngoni]

Apple Music now available natively in GM vehicles with standard streaming; Cadillac debuts studio-grade Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos

To make listening effortless, GM is making audio streaming standard through OnStar Basics for all 2025 and newer vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. That means customers can access their favorite music, audiobook, podcast, and news apps — including Apple Music — at no additional connectivity cost for eight years with their vehicle purchase.

 

[speedygonzalez]

Apple Music now available natively in GM vehicles with standard streaming; Cadillac debuts studio-grade Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos

Some vehicles that don't have Apple Music now, will get an over-the-air update to add it. Dolby Atmos in these cars is Awesome by the way. I have a Vistiq with it and it is really cool to hear

 

[Atlien]

Some vehicles that don't have Apple Music now, will get an over-the-air update to add it. Dolby Atmos in these cars is Awesome by the way. I have a Vistiq with it and it is really cool to hear

What is Dolby Atmos and how does it compare to this Infiniti app?

 

[speedygonzalez]

What is Dolby Atmos and how does it compare to this Infiniti app?

Dolby Atmos is an immersive sound as opposed to a sigle codec like you see in most audio files. This is why the audio has to be played from a source that has the audio format for Dolby Atmos. The app will tell you if a song or audio can be played in DOlby Atmos format.

Dolby Atmos first came out for movie theaters. I call it "object based sound." Wherever the object is that is making the sound is where you hear it all around you. These models also have speakers in the ceiling for complete immersion.

For example, in a movie... the screen will be looking at a child playing waiting on his mother to call him for dinner. When the mother calls for dinner, You hear the sound coming from the right rear of the theater which is the direction of the mother who is behind your point of view looking at the child. You only hear the sound coming from that speaker/speakers where the "object is" In this case that is the mother.

If you are watching a movie where a helicopter is flying over your head, you hear the speakers above you play one at a time all the way to the rear speakers as the helicopter flies over you. This allows the audio to have each part come from a different part of the car. You can have the main singer comping from the front right, the back-up singers from the front left, and the orchestra behind you.

It first came out as just Dolby having 2D surround sound. If you remember movies having the "All Around You" shorts at the beginning of movies, that is a similar type of audio in 2D. Atmos allways audio to be broken up between speakers and that includes the speakers above your head.

Here is a youtube link to one of the shorts if you don't remember or you weren't going to movie theaters yet. haha

 

[Atlien]

Thanks but how does it compare to the Infinity app? Do CT5s inherently have the Dolby Atmos surround sound?

 

[speedygonzalez]

Thanks but how does it compare to the Infinity app? Do CT5s inherently have the Dolby Atmos surround sound?

I am not sure what you mean by the Infinity app. Dolby Atmos is an audio system, not an app. The reason youwould download an app is for the audio to send to the Dolby Atmos hardware. If you want to use an app on your phone, you will need to enable Dolby Atmos.

The CT5 does not have Dolby Atmos. Cadillac is integrating Dolby Atmos into their vehicles one model at at time. Currently, it is available on the Escalade, Escalade IQ(L), Vistiq, and Optiq.

When they redesign the CT5, they may add that feature, but we have not been told anything about it.