Netflix brings ‘studio-quality’ audio to Android devices with latest update

Netflix has released an update for its Android app, which aims to improve the sound quality on Android devices by adding support for the xHE-AAC(Extended HE-AAC with MPEG-D DRC) audio codec. This is said to offer studio-quality audio on Android devices. The addition of the new codec will offer improved intelligibility in noisy environments, scale audio to studio-quality, and adapt to variable cellular connections which will, in turn, offer better listening experience on devices. The update is valid for devices running Android 9.0 Pie or above.

Netflix in a recent blog post stated that the new codec will offer better dynamic range control and loudness management to offer consistent audio output across its library of content.