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Avid and Fraunhofer IIS Bring MPEG-H Audio into Pro Tools

Avid today announced native support for MPEG-H Audio in Pro Tools Studio and Pro Tools Ultimate, available with the Pro Tools 2026.4 release.

April 30, 2026

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Fraunhofer IIS partners with Avid to enable integrated support of MPEG-H Audio in Pro Tools

Today, the Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, primary developer of the next generation, immersive and personalized MPEG-H Audio system, announced a strategic partnership with Avid to support future MPEG-H Audio support in Pro Tools.

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MPEG-H Audio Available in Future Nuendo Updates

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Why xHE-AAC is being embraced at Meta

In August 2021 we announced that we licensed our xHE-AAC audio codec software to Facebook. Today, xHE-AAC is providing a superior audio experience to users of Facebook and Instagram, for example in their Reels and Stories. This motivated Meta to share their experience with the benefits of xHE-AAC in a dedicated post on the Meta engineering blog.

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Google extends license agreement for AAC codec range

Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, is pleased to announce the extension of its AAC family software license agreement with Google.

Avid and Fraunhofer IIS Bring MPEG-H Audio into Pro Tools

Fraunhofer IIS partners with Avid to enable integrated support of MPEG-H Audio in Pro Tools

MPEG-H Audio Available in Future Nuendo Updates

Why xHE-AAC is being embraced at Meta

Google extends license agreement for AAC codec range

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