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The Google Pixel Fold is the only Pixel that offers Spatial Audio support through its speakers. Spatial Audio arrived last year, but it required headphones… well, until now.
The Pixel Fold does offer Spatial Audio support through its speakers
Do note that you’ll need to enable this in order to work, though. There’s a toggle in the phone’s settings that enables Spatial Audio through speakers. Naturally, you’ll find this toggle in the ‘Sound & vibration’ submenu. Once you track down the Spatial Audio section, open it, and you’ll see the ‘Phone speaker’ toggle in addition to ‘Wired headphones’.
Why is this included on the Pixel Fold, and not other Pixels? Well, the Pixel Fold has two primary speaker drivers, one on the top, and the other on the bottom. They’re on opposite sides of the device when unfolded, which leads to better stereo separation than on regular phones.
On its support page, Google says the following: “On Pixel Fold, you can enable spatial audio for phone speakers. This feature makes your listening experience closer to the immersive engagement you get with headphones”.
It is worth noting that the experience will be more immersive when you use headphones, of course. So, if you’d like to get the best of it, use headphones, but it’s nice to have this option too.
No, the Pixel Tablet does not, it doesn��t support Spatial Audio at all
There are, for sure, those of you that are wondering if the Pixel Tablet is in the same boat. The answer is no. Not only does it not support Spatial Audio through its speakers, but it doesn’t support it at all.
We’re not sure why that is, as it should be able to do so, hardware-wise. Perhaps Google plans on offering support for it later on, or something like that. Your guess is as good as ours. We’ll have to wait and see.