Essential information
- A report indicates that Google is creating a new settings page named “Hearing Wellness” for Pixels.
- This page will include Android’s Sound Exposure and Hearing Health features, allowing Pixels to automatically decrease your volume if it becomes excessive.
- Hearing Wellness is said to provide users the option to permit or deny their Pixel from automatically lowering the volume, a feature that faced prior criticism.
- Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 has recently been released for enrolled Pixels following the launch of the Pixel 10.
Google is reportedly developing a feature that allows users to choose whether their Pixel phone can automatically decrease the volume of their earbuds.
The new feature was discovered by Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority), indicating that Google is working on a “Hearing Wellness” settings page. Rahman shared some screenshots on Threads earlier today (Aug 22), revealing the new Hearing Wellness page with two toggles: Sound Exposure notifications and Hearing Health.