Getting great audio while watching Netflix on television is simple – buy a soundbar or surround sound speaker setup and the job is pretty much done. But when using your smartphone it’s not quite as simple as that. Why? Well, besides the fact that most smartphone speakers aren’t exactly premium quality, the Netflix app was somewhat lacking in the audio formats that it supported. But thanks to the addition of a new abbreviation, this may no longer be the case.
Netflix’s Android app has been updated and now supports xHE-AAC (Extended HE-AAC with MPEG-D DRC) audio streaming. In laymen’s terms, it means that you should get studio-quality sound the next time you watch Netflix on your Android phone or tablet.
What does it do?
The upgrade adds variable bitrate to the app which levels up or down depending on how your network connection is performing. So if you are catching up on Sugar Rush whilst commuting home on the bus, going through areas with great signal and a few with patchy bandwidth, the format will scale back the quality automatically.
Other new features include loudness management which prevents being deafened when switching from The Queen’s Gambit to Extraction, with greater emphasis on dialogue when in noisy environments. The aim of loudness management is to play all titles at a consistent volume so that you never have to turn the sound up or down manually.
As you might expect, there are some limitations in that your device needs to be running Android 9 Pie or higher. Other than that, you are good to go.
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