{"id":278276,"date":"2026-06-22T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/google-quietly-added-lhdc-support-to-pixels-with-android-17\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:55:09","slug":"google-quietly-added-lhdc-support-to-pixels-with-android-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/google-quietly-added-lhdc-support-to-pixels-with-android-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Google quietly added LHDC support to Pixels with Android 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-17-lhdc-audio-support-3679757\/\">Google quietly added LHDC support to Pixels with Android 17<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-17-lhdc-audio-support-3679757\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-17-lhdc-audio-support-3679757\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 05:47:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lil Katz \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Android 17 has silently added native support for the Low Latency High-Definition Audio Codec (LHDC v5)<\/li>\n<li>This expands high-bitrate options beyond Sony\u2019s LDAC on Google Pixels, allowing users to stream 96kHz high-resolution audio to compatible hardware.<\/li>\n<li>Codec creator Savitech confirmed that native integration means future Android 17 devices from Samsung, Xiaomi, and others will also support LHDC seamlessly, marking a big win for compatibility for high-res earbuds and headphones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Android 17 brings many good changes, but there are also ones that have flown under the radar and haven\u2019t been as heavily advertised. It seems Google has silently added a highly requested audio feature to its latest software update, bringing the Low Latency High-Definition Audio Codec (LHDC) to supported Pixel devices.<\/p>\n<p>Reddit user QuantumCatalyzt noticed that Android 17 on their Pixel 9 Pro enabled LHDC codec support, allowing them to switch on Hi-Res audio on their OnePlus Buds.<\/p>\n<p>On my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL running the stable Android 17 release, I can confirm that LHDC v5 is now a valid option available in <strong>Settings  System  Developer Options  Bluetooth  Bluetooth Audio Codec<\/strong> when I connect my OnePlus Buds Pro 3 (the options will be grayed out until compatible hardware is connected).<\/p>\n<p>With Android 17, I can switch to 96kHz sample rate for Bluetooth Audio and subsequently turn on Hi-Res mode in the HeyMelody app (the companion app for OnePlus earbuds). You\u2019d still need a high-quality source, which, in my case, was Hi-Res Lossless in Apple Music, to experience a wider soundstage right off the bat than previously possible with the AAC default.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this update, Pixel phones relied heavily on Sony\u2019s LDAC for high-bitrate wireless audio, leaving many users restricted to lower-quality AAC or SBC when pairing their devices with popular LHDC-supported audio gear. The change is a massive win for users who pair their Pixels with earbuds from manufacturers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-17-lhdc-audio-support-3679757\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google quietly added LHDC support to Pixels with Android 17 https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-17-lhdc-audio-support-3679757\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-22 05:47:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bluetooth-audio-codec-selection-OnePlus-11-aptX-AAC-LDAC-SBC-LHDC.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,83,72,86,102,118],"class_list":["post-278276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-oneplus","tag-pixel","tag-samsung","tag-sony","tag-xiaomi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278280,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278276\/revisions\/278280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}