Surround Sound Supported Apple TV and Fire TV devices for YouTube TV

You can now enjoy surround sound while streaming YouTube TV content on your Apple TV and Fire TV devices. Like The Verge Reportedly, the streaming TV service has expanded the list of devices that support its shows and movies with 5.1 audio after rolling out the capability to Android TV, Google TV, and Roku devices last month. 6. YouTube TV first start testing 5.1-channel audio for the first three devices in March, and promises to work on support for Apple TV and Fire TV devices, as well as for game consoles. This demo covers two of those three parts – a tweet on the official YouTube TV page says the service is still in the process of bringing the capability to consoles.

The YouTube TV help page It hasn’t explicitly mentioned Apple TV as a supported device, but it lists Fire TV Stick 4K Max, Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Stick Lite, Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Stick 4K, and Fire TV Stick with 4K Ultra HD . Note, surround sound is not available for all YouTube TV content, only those with surround sound. As long as the user is streaming on a compatible device, 5.1 audio will automatically be enabled. That said, those who want to make sure it’s available for a particular video can do so by playing that video, going to “More” in the player’s controls, and selecting the “error” icon. YouTube TV’s “nerd stats” will be displayed at the beginning of the video and will show AC-3 / EAC-3 in the codec if surround sound is available.