Adaptive sound

[dmxjago]

I just tried adaptive sound and it's actually significantly noticeable. FYI it's off by default, but if you go under the sound settings you can toggle it on. You can experience and test it by launching music on your phone and keep toggling it off and on to see the difference. Also, they say if you blast it and put it too loud it will be less noticeable. I like this feature so far.

 

[mustang7757]

I put mine on after the update but haven't mess around yet

 

[Nodnerb]

Does it help in call quality at all? Not speakerphone, but actually held up to the ear. I don’t even have my pixel yet but the earpiece “speaker” is one of my worries.

 

[dmxjago]

Does it help in call quality at all? Not speakerphone, but actually held up to the ear. I don’t even have my pixel yet but the earpiece “speaker” is one of my worries.

No this is for speaker sound from what I understand but i can be wrong so don't quote me. It's so it tweaks the EQ depending on your environment so I don't think it would be to helpful for the ear piece. Also, don't you worry about the ear piece for phone calls it's loud and to me sounds like a normal phone i can't notice a difference. Even for listening to music/watching YouTube it's totally good but if you out another phone next to it say a pixel 3 or 4 you can then notice those drives sound fuller.

Trust me it actually sounds fine.

 

[idiotekniques]

Does it help in call quality at all? Not speakerphone, but actually held up to the ear. I don’t even have my pixel yet but the earpiece “speaker” is one of my worries.

I've had numerous phone calls with the earpiece of the Pixel 5 and it's just fine.

 

[straygator]

I've been using my Pixel 5 for about 2 weeks now, and so far I've found the sound volume and clarity for calls, as well as for alarms and music, to be undiminished from what I experienced with my Pixel 2XL. The only discernable difference to my ear is what I would describe as the richness of the sound; but for a smaller phone with smaller speakers, I think a somewhat "thinner" sound is to be reasonably expected. When weighed against the many positive attributes of the Pixel 5, this slight reduction in audible quality -- which doesn't affect my ability to hear the voices and other sounds -- seems to me a minor sacrifice. Like the "blue shift" issue with the P2XL, I doubt that this "flaw" will even remain noticeable to me after a few weeks. But of course, each individual has to make their own judgment about whether that compromise is tolerable.

 

[gebco]

Indeed the 5 speakers are loud enough. Now when I listen to my 2XL it sounds a bit muddy compared to the clarity of the 5 and the 4a 5G.

I've been using my Pixel 5 for about 2 weeks now, and so far I've found the sound volume and clarity for calls, as well as for alarms and music, to be undiminished from what I experienced with my Pixel 2XL. The only discernable difference to my ear is what I would describe as the richness of the sound; but for a smaller phone with smaller speakers, I think a somewhat "thinner" sound is to be reasonably expected. When weighed against the many positive attributes of the Pixel 5, this slight reduction in audible quality -- which doesn't affect my ability to hear the voices and other sounds -- seems to me a minor sacrifice.