Music Clearer on Apple Watch Ultra 3?

[BigMcGuire]

Went on my first 2 mile run since getting my AWU3 (yes, I need to exercise more) - and noticed immediately that the music was significantly better in my AirPods (downloaded offline) - clearer - than my AWU2. It was as if the bitrate was identical to my iPhone (I had just gotten done listening to music on my iPhone for an hour when I started my workout - for reference).

I remember my AWU1 - it seemed accepted that songs were around 64 HE-kbps. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/audio-streaming-quality-on-apple-watch.2301211/

My AWU2 had a bump - it seemed. Bappy159 here (scroll down for their comment)

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/1d2s22w/apple_music_quality_on_watch

says that it looks like the AWU2 did 188kbps.

My AWU3 is now identical to my iPhone in audio quality. I also notice that the same offline Apple Music Exercise album I've had for years now is 5GB vs the 3.6GB it was on my AWU1/2. (Apple Watch Storage).

Anyone else notice audio quality difference or just me?

 

[er2429]

I noticed this as well but I got new AP3 so I assumed this was the cause.

 

[Mirilobos]

Went on my first 2 mile run since getting my AWU3 (yes, I need to exercise more) - and noticed immediately that the music was significantly better in my AirPods (downloaded offline) - clearer - than my AWU2. It was as if the bitrate was identical to my iPhone (I had just gotten done listening to music on my iPhone for an hour when I started my workout - for reference).

I remember my AWU1 - it seemed accepted that songs were around 64 HE-kbps. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/audio-streaming-quality-on-apple-watch.2301211/

My AWU2 had a bump - it seemed. Bappy159 here (scroll down for their comment)

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/1d2s22w/apple_music_quality_on_watch

says that it looks like the AWU2 did 188kbps.

My AWU3 is now identical to my iPhone in audio quality. I also notice that the same offline Apple Music Exercise album I've had for years now is 5GB vs the 3.6GB it was on my AWU1/2. (Apple Watch Storage).

Anyone else notice audio quality difference or just me?

I also noticed it, I listen to music from my watch daily and before I had the U2 and with the U3 it improved and also for me the 5G has helped a lot since I do pure stream.