Apple Inc.

Keyu Chen

Ronald Keryuan Huang

Xiaoyuan Tu

Alexander Singh Alvarado

Umamahesh Srinivas

Aditya Sarathy

Seyyedeh Mahsa Mirzargar

Embodiments are disclosed for disabling/re-enabling head tracking for spatial audio applications. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, using one or more processors of an auxiliary device worn by a user, motion data; tracking, using the one or more processors, the user's head based at least in part on the motion data; determining, using the one or more processors, whether or not the user is walking based at least in part on the motion data; in accordance with determining that the user is walking, determining if a source device configured to deliver spatial audio to the auxiliary device is static for a specified period of time; and in accordance with determining that the user is walking and the source device is static for the specified period of time, disabling the head tracking.

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San Ramon, CA, United States of America

Keyu Chen