Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro debuted earlier this month through the Made by Google occasion with a powerful mixture of premium options. Now, the tech large is bringing an audio high quality improve for the newest flagship Pixel lineup. Google has confirmed that lossless USB audio will come to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro in a future replace, permitting music followers to expertise their favorite tracks with out alteration and any lack of high quality. Besides the Pixel 8 collection, telephones from different producers operating on Android 14 may also acquire this performance and app builders could have to undertake the brand new API (software programming interface) for lossless audio to benefit from the function.
In a Reddit Ask Me Anything session for Android 14, Dave Burke, Google’s Vice President of Engineering, confirmed that lossless USB audio is coming to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. He notes that this function will “ensure bit perfect audio” permitting audio to bypass the audio mixer and any processing results amongst others. “Pixel 8 and other OEMs are expected to support this mode in their hardware abstraction layer (HAL) implementations in later releases. App developers will need to adopt the new API for lossless audio to take advantage of it.” he mentioned.
The lossless USB audio will likely be out there on the Pixel 8 collection and different Android telephones in a future launch. With this growth, music lovers can quickly hear to their favorite songs of their purest type with all delicate particulars, with none processing results over suitable USB-wired headsets. Music streaming apps like Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Tidal already supply lossless audio.Â
Google can be anticipated to help show output over the USB Type-C port and will allow this function sooner or later by way of an replace. This would permit the handset to drive an hooked up monitor. The firm is but to affirm the event, although identified tipster MishaalRahman (@MishaalRahman) has reported it really works and even recommended a technique for enabling DisplayPort Alt Mode aka video output over USB Type-C port on Pixel 8 collection smartphones. Now, an X person @mile_freak07 has revealed that he was in a position to get video output over the USB Type-C port engaged on a Pixel 8 Pro utilizing this technique. He additionally posted a Magisk module on the Xda-developers discussion board that may allow this rapidly on different rooted Pixel 8 handsets.
Both Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are at the moment up on the market in India by way of Flipkart. The vanilla mannequin’s value begins at Rs. 75,999 for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage mannequin, whereas the Pixel 8 Pro is priced at Rs. 1,06,999 for the 12GB RAM + 128GB storage mannequin.
