Netflix boosts sound quality on Android devices with new codec support – What Hi-Fi?

Shuffle Play isn’t the only new feature Netflix has been working on. The video streaming service claims to have improved sound quality on Android devices, thanks to support for the xHE-AAC audio codec.
This codec will “improve intelligibility in noisy environments,” Netflix states on its tech blog, which goes on to explain in meticulous detail how it aims to normalise loudness volume while maintaining dynamic range for more comfortable listening. In addition to improving clarity in noisy surrounding,…

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