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Dolby atmos option not displayed in the music settings

I am running iOS 14.6 on my iPhone 12 and I cannot see the “Dolby Atmos” option in the settings under the music tab. Why is that option not available to me?

iPhone 12, iOS 14

Posted on Jun 9, 2021 2:20 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2021 5:58 AM

The updates are region specific, so you should check the apple website to make sure if the updates have been rolled out for your country. For Example if you visit https://www.apple.com/{countrycode}/apple-music/, when you scroll down you'll see a card which demonstrates the new lossless and dolby features. If it says "Coming Soon" or there is no such card, then in that case you'll have to wait. Unfortunately there is no way to say exactly when you'll get it.



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Jun 11, 2021 5:58 AM in response to Mavtg19

The updates are region specific, so you should check the apple website to make sure if the updates have been rolled out for your country. For Example if you visit https://www.apple.com/{countrycode}/apple-music/, when you scroll down you'll see a card which demonstrates the new lossless and dolby features. If it says "Coming Soon" or there is no such card, then in that case you'll have to wait. Unfortunately there is no way to say exactly when you'll get it.



Jun 13, 2021 2:29 AM in response to Mavtg19

True, but the updates are server side update, you'll not receive any update for the music app it is a backend switch that Apple will be flipping, and as I mentioned earlier the only way to check is to visit the apple website for your country it would be saying "Coming Soon" or that page would not be there at all.


Example for both :

"Coming Soon" -- https://www.apple.com/in/apple-music/ (Apple India)

"Lossless and Dolby card not there" -- https://www.apple.com/za/apple-music/ (Apple South Africa)


Hope that clarifies it.

Jun 24, 2021 7:44 AM in response to Caioli

This is strange, people from the US should have this feature. Anyways if you do not have it, then there is a trick that I have seen on multiple forums. I'm a bit skeptical about this trick but it seems to have worked for many.


Please follow the below steps:


Go to Settings --> Music --> Turn off Sync Library --> Wait for a few seconds --> Turn it back on


* Doing this might delete downloaded music.


Let me know if this worked.


Dolby atmos option not displayed in the music settings

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