Google on Wednesday made several important announcements for Android users during the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show or CES 2020. The tech giant has announced spatial audio support for its devices with compatible headsets, as well as expanding fast pairing support to a greater range. Google was supposed to participate in CES 2022 but withdrew due to rising Covid-19 cases.
Google Fast Pair already works with wearables and allows users to quickly connect their headsets with smartphones and tablets. Google says it is now working to expand this functionality beyond audio connectivity to wearables, from headphones, speakers and cars to TVs and smart home devices.
Fast Pair will also be available for Chromebooks. Users will soon be able to connect their Fast Pair-enabled headphones with a single click. This feature will be rolled out in the next few weeks. The tech giant explained in a blog that users will also be able to set up their headphones at home with a Google TV or Android TV device.
During its developer meet earlier this year, Google announced that it was working with BMW and other automakers to develop a digital key that allows car owners to lock, unlock and start a vehicle from their Android smartphone. allows to do. Let us know that this feature is currently available for Samsung and Pixel smartphones.
Google will soon expand this to all phones with Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology. With this, users will not need to take their phone out to use it as a car key. If they need to borrow a car, they'll be able to share your car keys with friends and family, securely and remotely. Digital car key support will be introduced for more Android phones and vehicles later this year.
Lastly, Google is also working on better connectivity with other platforms like Windows. Users will be able to connect their Android phone to their Windows PC with Fast Pair and quickly set up Bluetooth accessories, sync text messages and share files with Near Share.
Google is working with Acer, HP and Intel to bring these experiences to select Windows PCs later this year.
Spatial Audio support
Apple has introduced spatial audio support on its devices over the years, and it has been well received. Google plans to bring it to its devices from this year.
It says, "The spatial audio on your headset will make you feel like you're actually positioning the audio in the space around you, adapting the sound based on your head movements."
It also plans to add Smart Switch to Bluetooth devices where the headphones will automatically detect and switch between connected devices. If users are wearing headphones to watch movies and receive phone calls on their Android tablet, the movie will pause and the headphone audio will automatically switch to their Android phone and then back on when the movie is complete.
These features will be available on supported headphones over the next few months. Google has announced Fast Pair support for Smart TVs.
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