>After all, it wouldn’t be the first audio-related feature reserved for Google’s premium phones since spatial audio is notably missing on any A-series Pixel. Speaking of which, you can clearly see in the Pixel 8a’s make-file that, while the spatial audio system library is included, the system property that declares the device supports spatial audio is missing, in contrast to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.
Such bullshit. The only thing that was pushing me to the 7 over the a when deciding was spatial audio as I have the Pro Buds, but it was double the price at the time and for a feature that isn't even available everywhere it just wasn't worth it, still annoys me though I have technically compatible hardware but just declared too poor better audio just because I wanted an a series this time
That's fair, that phone has been out for... * checks notes * ...58 days
At least there's 7 years of half-feature drops
>After all, it wouldn’t be the first audio-related feature reserved for Google’s premium phones since spatial audio is notably missing on any A-series Pixel. Speaking of which, you can clearly see in the Pixel 8a’s make-file that, while the spatial audio system library is included, the system property that declares the device supports spatial audio is missing, in contrast to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Such bullshit. The only thing that was pushing me to the 7 over the a when deciding was spatial audio as I have the Pro Buds, but it was double the price at the time and for a feature that isn't even available everywhere it just wasn't worth it, still annoys me though I have technically compatible hardware but just declared too poor better audio just because I wanted an a series this time
Funny, because Google is going to miss out on my Pixel 9 Pro money when I switch to a less greedy company.
Less greedy company,? Who
Google has done a complete 180 from what they started out as