Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority
Tl; DR
- Google could soon deploy a new page of “hearing” parameters on Pixel devices which allows you to control whether the operating system will inform you and / or take proactive measures on your prolonged exposure to strong audio.
- The functionality is based on a bone level “sound dose” functionality which automatically reduces the volume of your helmet to safer limits to prevent any hearing loss.
- In some regions, the “sound dose” function is activated by default and cannot be deactivated even with the new Settings page.
Continuous exposure to noisy volumes is linked to permanent potential permanent lesions and the prevalence of intra-ear wireless headphones, concerns about hearing loss have increased. Google wants to prevent it from happening to you, so the company added a functionality some time ago that will periodically remind you of reducing the volume of your headphones. If you do not act, it will reduce the volume itself. Some people have found these warning warns, so Google is preparing to deploy a new page to switch them.
While pushing in the Android System Intelligence application, our team of authority on information discovered a hidden Hear well-being menu. This menu will be injected into the parameter application under the Sound and vibration Sub-Menu on all pixel peripherals. This menu contains two flip -flops: Solid exposure notifications And Hearing health.
These two features were originally introduced In Android 14 QPR1 and later became at the disposal of all Android devices in the Android 15 version of last year, provided that the OEM allowed them. However, the operating system has never provided a user-oriented means of switching them, which this new hearing well-being menu provides.
When the two features are activated, your pixel will send you a notification when the exit from your helmet exceeds a certain sure threshold. According to a Google assistance pageThis threshold is set at the acoustic pressure limit of 100 decibels in five minutes or 105 dB per minute. When this happens, you will see an alert appearing on your pixel phone, asking you to “continue to listen” or “lower the volume”.
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These alert notifications are activated by default on Pixel devices and cannot currently be deactivated regardless of the region. In addition, if you simply reject the notification, the functionality will automatically reduce the volume.
This last aspect – where the functionality automatically reduces volume – is required in certain regions, hence the reason why some users cannot switch it even from this new page. Google has implemented this functionality in accordance with the guidelines of the International Electrical Engineering Commission (CEI). Specific directives for healthy healthy pressure levels have been added in the third edition of IEC 62368-1 Safety standards Published by the body, and adopted in regions such as the United States, Canada and the EU.
Google says that this last parameter is therefore locked in certain regions in the context of regulatory requirementsAs shown in the above images. Despite this, he is required to annoy users who like to explode audio at full volume, and we have already encountered a Some instances critical users.
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This article has been updated at 10 a.m. to correct that only the hearing well-being menu to control the sound exposure notifications is new and not solid exposure notifications itself.
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