Patent ID: 11941319
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of playing audio, including:
at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component, one or more input devices, and a set of one or more audio output devices:
while a first application is causing output of audio information to the set of one or more audio output devices, causing output of the audio information from the first application to the set of one or more audio output devices in accordance with a first audio output mode previously selected for the first application using a system audio output setting control, including causing output of the audio information from the first application by a respective audio output device of the one or more audio output devices in accordance with the first audio output mode;
after causing output of the audio information from the first application via the set of one or more audio output devices in accordance with the first audio output mode, receiving a request to play audio from a second application different from the first application; and
in response to receiving the request to play audio from the second application, causing output of audio information from the second application to the set of one or more audio output devices, wherein causing output of the audio information from the second application to the set of one or more audio output devices includes:
in accordance with a determination that a second audio output mode, different from the first audio output mode, was previously selected for the second application using the system audio output setting control, causing output of the audio information from the second application via the set of one or more audio output devices in accordance with the second audio output mode, including causing output of audio information from the respective audio output device of the one or more audio output devices in accordance with the second audio output mode, wherein:
the audio information from the first application output by the respective audio output device in accordance with the first audio output mode has different audio characteristics than the audio information from the second application output by the respective audio output device in accordance with the second audio output mode; and
outputting audio information in accordance with the first audio output mode comprises outputting content in which content from different audio output sources is output at different simulated spatial locations in a three-dimensional environment.