How to turn on Windows Sonic audio in the Windows 10 Creators Update

How do you enable the Windows Sonic "spatial sound" feature?

The Creators Update for Windows 10 brought a whole host of new features, big and small. One of the smaller changes is the addition of Windows Sonic, a surround sound emulator for your headphones.

Enabling the feature gives you spatial sound, supposedly making everything sound way more full and immersive, even if you're using budget headphones. Here's how to enable Windows Sonic in the Windows 10 Creators Update, as well as what you can expect to hear with it enabled.

How to enable Windows Sonic

To start, you need to enable spatial audio on your Windows 10 PC. Remember, you must have the Creators Update for this to work.

1. Right-click the Speakers button in your system tray.

2. Click Spatial sound.

   

3. Click the dropdown arrow below Select the Spatial sound format you want to apply.

4. Click Windows Sonic for Headphones.

   

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