Picture this: You’re sitting at your desk, plunging headlong into work. You know how distracting phone notifications can be, so you turn off the ringer and leave the device on vibrate. To help, you throw on a cute pair of noise-canceling headphones. Productivity mode is in full effect.
But then, the vibrations start. You don’t need to look at your phone screen to know that email, meeting reminder, or Slack message is calling for your attention. Joint? Purposefully quiet vibration according to Google.
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The recently reviewed Pixel 7a isn’t the flashiest phone in Google’s 2023 lineup — there’s a foldable in the mix now — but it’s the first and only Pixel to currently feature adaptive alert vibrations, and I want more Have this in your phone.
Adaptive Alert Vibration, like Adaptive Connectivity, Adaptive Sound and Adaptive Charging, is Google’s latest feature aimed at making your phone work more seamlessly with your lifestyle.
How the feature works is simple: When your phone is open and inactive for a good minute, the vibration strength of notifications is reduced. It’s not strong enough to cause your desk to rumble and break your train of thought, but it’s a gentle buzz that lets you know it’s something worth checking out when you have the time.
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This is not a hidden setting; You can turn it on by going to Pixel sound and vibration Settings and then tapping Vibration and Haptics,As someone who likes to set my phone down on a wireless charging stand whenever possible, I find the motor adjustment to be a welcome change.
If you own a Pixel other than the 7a, cross your fingers for Google to bring adaptive alert vibrations to models new and old alike, because that’s what I’ll be doing.










