Direction
Every speaker is shaped for your two ears the way a real source is, so ahead, behind, left and right each sound like a place.
Surround
Your music,
all around you.
Place up to twelve speakers anywhere around you, near or far, louder or softer, and hear each one exactly where you put it, through any headphones.
Put headphones on, press play, then drag a speaker and hear it move.
Tap a speaker to choose it, drag it anywhere, or tap an empty spot to add one. With the keyboard: arrows turn it and move it nearer or farther, Delete removes it.
How it works
Speakers you place, heard where they are.
Anywhere around you
Each speaker is a sound placed in the space around your head. Drag it to any direction, from half a metre to twenty metres away, and set how loud it plays.
- Speakers
- Up to 12
- Distance
- 0.5 to 20 m
- Level
- 0 to 100%, each
- Plays
- Auto, left, right, centre or room
Arrival
A farther speaker is heard a little later, the time sound takes to cross the room: five metres is about fifteen milliseconds.
Room
A near speaker is almost all direct sound, a far one more of the room around it, the strongest cue ears have for distance.
The mix
On Auto, a speaker ahead plays the middle of the song, one at your side its left or right, and one behind you its space.
Five layouts to start from
One tap sets every speaker. Then move any of them.
Six around you
Six speakers in a ring, five metres away. Where everyone starts.
Near left, far right
Six a metre away on your left, six ten metres away on your right.
A stage in front
Five speakers spread across the front, six metres out, like a band on a stage.
Cinema
Centre, left and right ahead, two at your sides, one behind.
Close and intimate
Six around you at arm's length, 1.2 metres.
Stay in the room, or follow you
With AirPods that track your head, the speakers can stay where you put them while you turn, the way real speakers do. Or let them move with you as you turn and walk.
8D, free
Without Pro, Surround plays two speakers turning slowly around your head, once every sixteen seconds. No time limit and nothing to set.
Ten bands, and the whole curve
An equalizer from 32 Hz to 16 kHz you shape by dragging the curve itself, with seven presets to start from. Boosts never clip: Surround makes room for them.
Choose a preset to see its curve, and hear it while the demo plays.
Clearer, not just louder
Clarity
A little weight underneath, a lift where voices sit and some air on top, as much or as little as you like.
Room
From dry, the speakers alone, to a wide room around them.
Distance falls off
Gently, naturally or steeply: how much quieter a speaker gets as it moves away.
On and off
One switch on the Listen page turns Surround off and back on, so you can hear the difference on the same moment.
A music player worth looking at
The artwork turns in 3D under your finger and sways while it plays. The glow behind it swells with the music. The lyrics, when a song carries them, the artist and the album, what plays next, and controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center. It keeps playing with the screen off.
- Add files from the Files app
- Add songs from your library that your iPhone can open
- Lyrics, artist and album from the file
- Lock Screen and Control Center controls
- Plays in the background
Free and Pro
Start free. Try everything for a week.
Surround
Free
- The 8D effect, as long as you like
- The full player, lyrics and queue
- Surround on and off
Surround Pro
7 days free
No card needed. Then a monthly or yearly subscription, priced in the App Store.
- Up to twelve speakers, placed anywhere
- The ten-band equalizer and its presets
- The five layouts
- Clarity, room, distance and level
What it plays
Your audio files, and the songs in your library that your iPhone can open. iOS does not let any app reshape sound playing inside other apps, so streaming services stay in their own apps.
Yours, on your phone
The music you add stays in Surround on your iPhone, and every sound you hear is made there. The only thing that reaches ELO AI is your sign-in, with Apple, to the same account as Life OS, ELO and ELO Connect.
What you need
- iPhone
- iOS 26 or later
- Headphones
- Any, wired or wireless
- Head tracking
- AirPods Pro, AirPods 3 and later, AirPods Max
- Account
- Sign in with Apple
Questions
Does Surround work with Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube?
Not inside those apps. iOS does not let any app change the sound of another app, so Surround plays your own audio files and the songs in your library that your iPhone can open, such as music you bought.
Do I need AirPods?
Any headphones work. Turning your head and having the music stay put needs AirPods that track your head: AirPods Pro, AirPods 3 and later, or AirPods Max.
What is 8D?
Two speakers turning slowly around your head, once every sixteen seconds, the left of the song on one and the right on the other. It is what Surround plays for free, as long as you like.
Is Surround free?
The 8D effect is free with no time limit. Placing your own speakers, the equalizer, the layouts and the sound controls are Surround Pro, which is free for seven days with no card, then a monthly or yearly subscription.
Does it work through speakers instead of headphones?
Surround renders for two ears. Through a speaker in the room the sense of direction is lost, so use headphones.
Which account does it use?
Sign in with Apple. It is your ELO account, the same one as Life OS, ELO and ELO Connect.
Is my music uploaded anywhere?
No. The files you add stay in Surround on your iPhone and everything you hear is made on the phone. The only thing that reaches ELO AI is your sign-in.
Coming soon to the App Store.
Surround is on its way to the App Store. Until it arrives, the demo at the top of this page places speakers the same way the app does.