The Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro debuted earlier this month during the Made by Google event with an impressive set of premium features. Now, the tech giant is bringing audio quality upgrades to its latest flagship Pixel series. Google has confirmed that lossless USB audio will be coming to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro in a future update, allowing music fans to experience their favorite tracks without any modifications and any loss of quality. In addition to the Pixel 8 series, phones from other manufacturers running Android 14 will also get this feature, and app developers will have to adopt the new lossless audio API (application programming interface) to take advantage of it.
Ask me anything on Reddit Meeting For Android 14, Google Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke confirmed that Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will be equipped with lossless USB audio. He noted that this feature will “ensure bit-perfect audio,” allowing the audio to bypass the audio mixer and any processing effects. “Pixel 8 and other OEMs are expected to support this mode in subsequent versions of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) implementation. Application developers will need to adopt the new lossless audio API to take advantage of it,” he said.
Lossless USB audio will be available on the Pixel 8 series and other Android phones in a future release. With this development, music lovers will soon be able to listen to their favorite songs in their purest form, with all the subtle details, without the need for any processing via compatible USB wired headphones. Music streaming apps such as Amazon Music, Apple Music and Tidal already offer lossless audio.
Google is also expected to support display output from the USB Type-C port and may enable this feature through a future update. This will allow the phone to drive the connected display.The company has yet to confirm the development, but well-known tipster MishaalRahman (@MishaalRahman) has reported that it works, and even suggestion A method to enable DisplayPort Alt Mode (also known as video output) via the USB Type-C port on Pixel 8 series smartphones.Now, X user @mile_freak07 has disclose He was able to use this method to get video output through the USB Type-C port on the Pixel 8 Pro.he still release The Magisk mod on the Xda Developer Forum can quickly enable this feature on other rooted Pixel 8 phones.
Both Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are currently on sale in India through Flipkart. The price of the vanilla model starts from Rs. The 8GB RAM + 128GB storage model is priced at Rs 75,999, while the Pixel 8 Pro is priced at Rs 75,999. 1,06,999 for the 12GB RAM + 128GB storage model.
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