Android has officially announced a colossal change made by Google for the most popular operating system on the planet, one that everyone should know about right now. More precisely, we are talking about a change aimed at giving users around the world a much better experience for listening to music, movies, or any kind of sounds that are played through the speakers of Android phones, and not only that.
Android has significantly improved the audio latency felt by people when playing sounds through the operating system, and we are talking about extremely good news. Google started a special project 4 years ago in which it decided to collaborate with audio chip manufacturers to significantly improve the latency in Android, and now we can see the first "fruits" of the work done by the American company.
Android: HUGE Change OFFICIALLY Announced by Google
Android it now has a maximum latency of 40ms for playing audio streams, and Google says that it is low enough to support real-time use of applications for playing sounds, and not only that. The lowest audio latency recorded in Android in 2017 was 109ms, so we are talking about a huge reduction to 39ms now, but Google says that then the average latency was over 222ms for phones with this operating system, so the achievement is huge.
“The average latency of the most popular Android phones has dropped to less than 40ms, which is within the range required for real-time applications. This is more impressive when you consider that there are now multiple OEMs on the most popular list, compared to just one manufacturer in 2017. Additionally, many of the devices on the list are not high-end flagships.”
Android it now has an average latency of 8 - 28 ms for the newest models of Pixel phones, and of course this will also be observed in devices sold by other manufacturers. This impressive achievement of those from Google must be seen as the result of 4 years of work, an extremely important work to bring to Android something that many people have been waiting to see for a long time already.
Android it will have more good changes implemented in the future by Google, but it remains to be seen how long it will take until everything is 100% ready to be offered.
