Last year launched “Pixel Feature Drops” - a special update schedule that delivers new features to Pixel phones. Four of these “drops” already found their way onto Pixel devices and now the guys at have uncovered the fifth one - and it’s all about sound. The Adaptive Sounds feature will probably drop on phones next Monday as a part of the bump in the Android security patch level.

What is Adaptive Sound? Some of you may point out that there’s a feature that goes by the same name in the Pixel Buds earphones. It automatically adjusts the volume level depending on the noise around you. It ...