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Android Developer Options Explained: Everything you can do with these settings

Android smartphones and tablets have hundreds of settings that let you change everything from wallpapers and notifications to sound, system colors, and more. But if you think you've seen and tweaked ...
Android Authority

Bluetooth audio codecs: A guide to earbud audio quality

Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...
Business Wire

Fraunhofer’s xHE-AAC Audio Codec Software Extends Native AAC Support In Android P For Better Quality At Low Bitrates

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the release of the Android P beta 3 preview, Fraunhofer IIS announces a new version of the popular FDK library which has been a part of Android since 2012. The ...
Android Authority

Latest Netflix update aims to make your phone’s speakers sound better

The Netflix Android app includes a new audio codec called xHE-AAC. You won’t have to adjust your phone’s volume as frequently when watching shows and movies. You’ll need a phone with Android 9 Pie and ...
ZDNet

Android security: Flaw in an audio codec left two-thirds of smartphones at risk of snooping, say researchers

Millions of Android devices were vulnerable to a remote code execution attack due to flaws in an audio codec that Apple open-sourced years ago but which hasn't been patched since. Researchers at Check ...