Re: Switching from IOS to android, any tips?
@cMerry: See here's the thing though.
1. Pixel's audio-out circuitry sucked, so Pixel2 users weren't missing much to begin with when the headphone jack was removed. I know this as a Pixel2 user myself.
2. With Bluetooth 5 on the Pixel 2, and most if not all audio devices on Bluetooth 4.2 at least, you have much, much better audio quality, and much better response time. With Bluetooth audio so good on Android, it isn't as much of a loss to not have the headphone jack. On IOS, all they cared about was quality at the obscene aac256bit bitrate. On Android with the help of AptX you have adaptive bitrate that will reserve a high quality sample rate for music and a lower quality for everything else (Talkback, for example). So as long as the battery is good on both devices, the delay is next to none.
3. In the midrange Pixel3A, the budget-friendly Pixel3 that is expected to hopefully help the Pixel gain a more international following, priced at around $450, is rumored to actually have a headphone jack. Google learned that usbC audio actually introduced more problems than they had expected, as not all usbC ports were actually USB3.1. Some were type-c versions of USB3.0, sacrificing speed and quality through a cheapskate route. This is why not all USBC devices actually have power delivery charging. With different speeds and configurations, it is next to impossible to create a universal USBC audio solution that is backwards compatible while retaining a high quality standard. Unless of course you force all manufacturers using USBC to upgrade to 3.1, but that's never gonna happen immediately. Lol. For that reason, Google is considering bringing back the most universal audio standard of the headphone jack.
So the difference between Google and Apple in this case is that Google learned from experience, and apple keeps making proprietary airpod bullshit. Even Google's own Pixel Buds have similar benefits to airpods (instant pair through Google Cloud, Google Assistant built in, and a charging case.) However, unlike airpods, instant pair and assistant functionality work on almost any new android device, in addition to the Pixel line.
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