How to Install Dolby Atmos in Windows 11

Dolby Atmos delivers a special listening experience by improving digital audio quality. It allows the customer to change the sound system and have an atmosphere that only one can enjoy at the theatre. So, in this guide, you will learn how to enable or install Dolby Atmos in Windows 11 for free.

Meanwhile, Dolby Atmos is one of the most innovative sound systems currently available. Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 are both compliant with excellent hardware, making it easy to use the Dolby Atmos-certified sound system for consoles. Unfortunately, the same can not be said for Windows 10/11 PCs.

Dolby Audio vs. Dolby Atmos: What’s the Difference?

Dolby Audio is a 2D audio technique that improves the sound quality of whatever you’re viewing, whether it’s a sporting event, a streaming movie, or even a DVD or Blu-ray.

Dolby Atmos, on the other hand, is a 3D immersive technology that allows a speaker or speaker system to ‘trick’ your brain into believing you’re ‘surrounded’ by sound – it effectively gives you the cinema experience, where it seems as if you’re surrounded by speakers even when you aren’t.

Install Dolby Atmos in Windows 11

So, without further ado, here’s how to install Dolby Atmos in Windows 11:

Step 1. Download Dolby Atmos App

Click here to download the Dolby Atmos app. Credit goes to cooltechtics.com.

Step 2. Enable Developer Mode

• Press Windows key + I to open Settings.
• Click Privacy & security from the left-hand side pane and then select For developers.

• Enable Developer Mode and then click Yes to confirm.

Step 3. Disable Driver Signature Enforcement

Press and hold the Shift key and then click Restart.

Select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart > at last, press F7 key.

Step 4. Update Sound Driver

Once, you’ve downloaded the Dolby Atmos app from the above-given link then extract it. Navigate go to the driver folder, extract the file named Win11_x64 folder.

Right-click on the Start Menu button and select Device Manager or press Windows key + X and then select Device Manager.

Now, double-click on Sound, video, and game controllers, Right-click on High Definition Audio Device, and then select Update driver.

Click Browse my computer for drivers.

Select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer.

Select Have Disk then click Browse.

Go to the extracted folder of Dolby Atmos > driver > Win11_x64, select the hdaudio.inf file and then click Open.

Select OK.

Now, select Dolby Atmos and click Next. Click Yes.

Click Install this driver software anyway, if you’re prompted.

When installed, click Close.

Step 5. Install Dolby Atmos App

Open the Dolby Atmos file which you have extracted before then open the App folder.

Double-click on the app2021 file.

Click Install to install Dolby Atmos.

Wait until the installation process is completed.

Finally, Dolby Atmos is successfully installed on your Windows 11 PC.

This is how you can install and enable Dolby Atmos in Windows 11 for free. Dolby Atmos is obviously the future, due to the technology’s immersive and engaging listening interface. Whether you happen to have a Dolby Atmos-approved sound system or a microphone, the Dolby Control software should work well to help you increase the overall sound quality of your speakers.

Read More:

• How to Enable & Install Dolby Atmos in Windows 10