Apple Spatial Audio doesn't work on some older iPhones and iPads

[What Hi-Fi?]

At long last, Apple has clarified which of its devices support Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos through the built-in speakers.

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[Hifiman]

After this clarification, does this not now all make sense? The iPhone XS is actually an older phone than the XR since it launched in most markets in September 2018 compared to the XR’s October 2018. So by saying ‘XS or later’ the statement now includes the XS (which it did not before) rather than excludes the XR from Spatial Audio. So maybe owner’s finding their XRs working with SA is not so unofficial after all.