{"id":367331,"date":"2025-08-23T13:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367331\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:34:12","slug":"pixel-users-tipped-to-gain-control-over-its-automatic-volume-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367331\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel users tipped to gain control over its automatic volume adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"elk-b11ffdd0-3faf-4965-86fc-92610d35187a\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>What you need to know<\/p>\n<ul id=\"cd848afc-94a7-4345-bb07-6ba5b5fb3d5f\">\n<li>A report claims that Google is developing a new settings page called &#8220;Hearing Wellness&#8221; for Pixels.<\/li>\n<li>This page will house Android&#8217;s Sound Exposure and Hearing Health options, which lets Pixels automatically lower your volume if it&#8217;s too loud.<\/li>\n<li>Hearing Wellness is reportedly giving users the choice of either letting their Pixel automatically reduce their volume or not, something users were quite critical about in the past.<\/li>\n<li>Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 recently rolled out for enrolled Pixels following the Pixel 10 launch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"1860af23-a511-4d70-8321-2bc43b48b096\">Google is reportedly developing an interface where users can toggle whether or not their Pixel phone can automatically lower their earbuds&#8217; volume.<\/p>\n<p>The new interface was spotted by Mishaal Rahman (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-hearing-wellness-feature-3590326\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-hearing-wellness-feature-3590326\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Android Authority<\/a>), which shows that Google is working on a new &#8220;Hearing Wellness&#8221; settings page. Rahman posted some screenshots <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@mishaal_rahman\/post\/DNqSjGHu-Fb?xmt=AQF0n1uwm4dgLM_74SpVuAqSlMO2YzQ7EiteNT6z3wjiYA\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@mishaal_rahman\/post\/DNqSjGHu-Fb?xmt=AQF0n1uwm4dgLM_74SpVuAqSlMO2YzQ7EiteNT6z3wjiYA\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">on Threads<\/a> earlier today (Aug 22), showing the new Hearing Wellness page hosting two toggles: Sound Exposure notifications and Hearing Health.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"1860af23-a511-4d70-8321-2bc43b48b096-2\">In the screenshot, the page will inform users that Sound Exposure will send a notification, stating that their &#8220;exposure limit is exceeded.&#8221; The latter, Hearing Health, is the main autonomous ability for your Pixel to lower your volume.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Rahman states the Hearing Wellness page is designed to give users control over this Pixel function, something they previously lacked.<\/p>\n<p>As Rahman states, both options were introduced in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-14\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android 14<\/a> QPR1, but never made it onto stable builds until <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-15\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android 15<\/a>. The publication highlighted <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pixel_phones\/comments\/1gfv0ql\/does_anyone_know_how_to_disable_this\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pixel_phones\/comments\/1gfv0ql\/does_anyone_know_how_to_disable_this\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">user distaste with this feature<\/a>, though it was implemented out of regulatory reasons. While it&#8217;s unclear when this feature could roll out for Pixels, its existence may give users some relief as choice is seemingly on the way.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-d8bf0bf0-602e-468f-990a-81ac38acc440\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>Android 16 continues<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:99.50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KmCPoaYni2ZbRq5kDtQDEb.jpg\" alt=\"A post about Google supposedly developing a new &quot;Hearing Wellness&quot; settings page, giving users the choice of letting their Pixel reduce their earbud volume if it's &quot;too loud.&quot;\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KmCPoaYni2ZbRq5kDtQDEb.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KmCPoaYni2ZbRq5kDtQDEb.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Mishaal Rahman \/ Threads)<\/p>\n<p id=\"dee315e8-fe73-4519-88fb-5615d1c6cbdc\">It&#8217;s been a wild week for Google, but it still had room for dessert, which is just code for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-16-qpr2-beta-1-is-here\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-16-qpr2-beta-1-is-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another Android 16 QPR beta<\/a>. The company started rolling out <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-16\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android 16<\/a> QPR2 Beta 1 to enrolled Pixel users and devices shortly after the Made by Google event concluded. The main points about the QPR update were the expansion of dark theme, auto-themed icons, and developer APIs.<\/p>\n<p>The dark mode &#8220;expansion&#8221; more so forces apps that are typically only light theme to adhere to this darker aesthetic. We&#8217;ve already had <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/wearables\/fitbit\/fitbit-users-rejoice-dark-mode-finally-hits-android-update\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/wearables\/fitbit\/fitbit-users-rejoice-dark-mode-finally-hits-android-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fitbit start rolling out dark mode<\/a> (finally), so we&#8217;ll likely see that in even more places as users look to alleviate eye fatigue when on their phones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to wait and see what else\u2014and more substantial\u2014this QPR2 phase brings for Pixels, as the original iteration showcased its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-unveils-the-most-massive-android-redesign-ever\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-unveils-the-most-massive-android-redesign-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major Material 3 Expressive<\/a> redesign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to know A report claims that Google is developing a new settings page called &#8220;Hearing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-367331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115078343110714714","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}