With the December update of the Google Pixel 5 and 4a 5G, came an important novelty: adaptive or adaptive sound. We first saw this technology in Google Pixel Buds, Google’s wireless headphones. Although something went unnoticed, in cellphones it is so remarkable that we wanted to explain how it works and practical cases.
Basically it’s a kind of “automatic brightness”, but applied to the sound. In other words, depending on where you are, the sound adapts one way or another. On paper, this may not attract much attention, but the result is spectacular
Here’s how the Google Pixel’s adaptive sound works
Adaptive sound came with the Google Pixel Buds, but now the latest Google mobiles are taking advantage. It is a rather curious technology, because adapt the sound according to the environment in which we find ourselves. How exactly does it work?
Google explains that take the information picked up by the microphone to adapt the sound. As we said, this is something similar to what Auto Brightness does, which measures the input level of light (luxuries) to regulate light output from the screen. In that case, Google captures information about the sound of the environment
Pixel adaptive sound lets you adjust volume and audio quality to suit your environment
This way, in the first place, we get the volume is adequate at all times. For example, if you have the volume at maximum and they call you inside the house (or some other quiet environment), it is normal that you need to lower a few points so that it does not disturb. Google Adaptive Sound detects that hardly any sound goes through the microphone
On another side, this also applies to music, podcast and other sounds from the speakers. The quality of the music will vary depending on the environment, to adapt as well as possible. Google ensures that the data is processed locally and that at no time is it sent outside the device.
