XBox One S will get Dolby Atmos support

One of my biggest gripes with the XBox One S’s support for UHD BD looks to be getting fixed in a future firmware update. When this happens, it should move from “value-with-caveats” to “best value” player for the next-gen format.

That changes sometime in the future with a free update adding Dolby Atmos playback (via bitstream). It’s not nearly as dramatic as Sony adding 3D Blu-ray playback to the PlayStation 3 via an update in 2010, but for audio geeks this is pretty big news.

 Engadget