Android will soon let you decide if your Pixel can lower your loud headphone volume

• Google may soon roll out a new “Hearing Wellness” settings page to Pixel devices that lets you control whether the OS will notify you and/or take proactive action on your prolonged exposure to loud audio. • The feature builds upon an OS-level ‘sound dose’ feature that automatically lowers your headphones’ volume to safer limits to prevent any hearing loss. • In certain regions, the ‘sound dose’ feature is turned on by default and cannot be turned off even with the new settings page.

Continued exposure to loud volumes is linked with potential permanent ear damage, and with the prevalence of in-ear wireless earbuds, concerns about hearing loss have been rising. Google wants to prevent that from happening to you, so the company added a feature a while back that will periodically remind