The Pixel 7a has a useful feature that even the Pixel 7 doesn’t have

Just released, the Pixel 7a gradually reveals its secrets … starting with a very practical option that is the only one available at the moment.

No need to buy a premium smartphone to take advantage of the new functionality. Google proves this with its very recent Pixel 7a, which, despite its mid-range position, is very smart.

Hellish vibrator

Is your phone on ring, vibrate or silent mode? If you belong to the second category, you’ve probably already experienced some vibrational position fluctuations. Among them, we can especially mention the phantom vibration that makes you check your phone regularly even without a new alert, but also the very loud vibration.

When the smartphone is placed on a soft surface, held in the hand or kept in a pocket, the vibration mode is very practical, but when it is placed on a desk … that’s another story. Thus, the vibrations tend to ring with a breakdown into an unpleasant cacophony, even though you can clearly see on the screen that you’re receiving a notification or a call.

Adaptive vibrator

We didn’t notice it while we were testing the Pixel 7a, but Google’s latest has a very useful function in these situations: adaptive vibrator. located in the phone settings, in the category “Vibration and haptic feedback“for”sound and vibrator“, this option is fairly well thought out. On the site GoogleWe can read thatYou can control the strength of the haptic feedback for alerts (vibration) when your phone is stationary and facing up“.

Based on the phone’s accelerometer as well as its other sensors, the Pixel 7a knows it doesn’t need to vibrate like a deaf man to get your attention. So it will be more discreet and thus avoid alerting everyoneopen space. Only downside: it is impossible to precisely adjust the vibrator strength.

A Pixel 7a exclusive

This novelty is already present on the Pixel 7a, but it is not present on other smartphones of the brand. Not even on the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. However, don’t despair as we see this adaptive vibrator hit other Android smartphones with an update in the coming weeks or months.

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