🎧Android will soon let you decide if your Pixel can lower your loud headphone volume

To abide by regulatory requirements, Google in Android 14 QPR1 added a "sound exposure notifications" feature that not only warns you about prolonged exposure to loud audio but can automatically lower your headphone's volume to protect your hearing.

Currently, there's no way to control this feature - even in regions where it's not mandated by regulation. But Google is preparing a new 'Hearing Wellness' menu that will let you control this.

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🔗Android will soon let you decide if your Pixel can lower your loud headphone volume

I actually first heard about this back in January, but at the time, I wasn't sure if it was legit.

For background, a dev DMed me on X claiming to have received a survey from Google intended for "people who use third party apps on Android." This survey asked them how they would feel if app developers could "register their identity with Android."

It goes on to say that being a registered developer means that "Android has confirmed the developer is who they say they are and are able to confirm if an app" the user is going to install is in fact created by that registered developer. This would allow users to find out if the developer of the app was registered with Android even for "apps installed from outside of the Google Play Store."

The survey supposedly came from a third-party service, and I only had one report of it, so I wasn't sure it was real.

📍Google Maps is starting to roll out Live Updates for some Android 16 users

Maps is switching to the new progress-centric notification style, allowing it to appear as a promoted notification on the status bar, lock screen, and AOD.

Images from Discord users Badmax and Mustachedminer

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🔗 Google Maps may soon keep your navigation updates where you can’t lose them