Dolby Atmos not triggering

I searched and found other posts, seems Channels does support Atmos.

But i am not seeing it trigger Atmos playback mode, the Stats during playback just say eac3 6 channel.

I am using Airpods Pro 2 with spatial audio enabled.

When i playback the same file in Infuse Pro, it says Atmos, and the Airpods menu in the Control menu of the ATV, changes to Dolby Atmos, where as, when i play in Channels, it stay on Multichannel Audio indicator.

I have Surround sound enabled in Channels app setting.
Is app version: beta 7.24.425

Media info for this files for audio says this
Format : E-AC-3 JOC
Format/Info : Enhanced AC-3 with Joint Object Coding
Commercial name : Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID : A_EAC3

I pretty sure i have seen Atmos show up on those OSD stats before when it is working.

EDIT: I can toggle Atmos playback in Infuse while playing. And I do notice a difference. Atmos sounds slightly less hallow/echoy than plain multichannel, but is lower volume.

Though, i honestly, find the Audio output of Channels, even though it not using Atmos it seems, sounds a bit better to my ears most of the time.
But just wonder if something is up for it to not trigger Atmos, or is there a setting i need to adjust somewhere.

Same here. Not Atmos on AirPods.

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Spatial Audio via the Airpods pro 2 has gotten much better since it first released.
It now sounds to me, like a decent enough home theater setup. A tad more wide and echoey sounding than i would like. Better, bit more immersive a sound than just the standard audio mode of the Airpods. Sounds at the least, a bit more like using my room speakers.
Still is a "fake" surround sound effect, but is decent enough these days.

Just wondering why Channels was not triggering Atmos, it has before even with just normal audio output to my tv speakers.

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Bump. Anything on this?

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