ANC controls in the Android 15 volume panel are likely coming back for the stable release
When you use your Pixel Buds Pro or Pro 2, you'll likely have ANC and spatial audio controls through the volume panel.
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- An early beta of Android 15 offered active noise cancelation (ANC) and spatial audio controls baked right into the new volume control panel.
- However, Google then removed these features, leading us to believe it might not land with the full, stable launch of the OS.
- Now, via an issue tracker page for the problem, it appears the features will come back when Android 15 is stable.
Way back in March, we told you about how we found evidence that Android 15 could have a newly designed and collapsible volume panel with even more controls. While the overall design of the panel stuck around in future beta launches of the operating system, two controls vanished: active noise cancelation (ANC) and spatial audio. At the time, it wasn’t clear why Google took these controls away. Even today, using Android 15 QPR1 beta 1, these controls are missing.
Now, we have evidence that Google is bringing these features back, but not until Android 15 becomes stable. According to a Googler’s response on this issue tracker (via the Google News Telegram account), the lack of ANC and spatial audio controls within the latest betas of Android 15 is “intended behavior,” and Google “will have an update in the final release.” This strongly suggests these controls are coming back via a server-side switch.
