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For playing back hi-res audio on Android devices, USB Audio Player PRO ("UAPP" for short), which sells for $7.99, is probably the most flexible app.

In last week’s Reddit AMA for Android 14, Google’s Dave Burke directly confirmed that the Pixel 8 series does indeed support lossless audio output over USB-C. Or, it will at least.

This is when disabling automatic audio routing in the Developer Options media section comes in handy. And that’s how you disable the USB audio routing from the Google Pixel 7 Developer Options menu.

He confirmed the Pixel 8 series will be getting lossless USB audio support in a future update, as will other Android phone makers — all thanks to the addition of lossless USB audio in Android 14.

Android patchday: Attackers exploit gaps in the USB audio driver Important security updates have been released for Android 13, 14 and 15. Among other things, the developers have closed critical gaps.