Buzzkill Google: Don't play your music so loud if you don't like audio issues

The Google Pixel hit its first road bump early on as some users complained their devices were plagued with poor sound quality when the audio was was jacked to the highest level. When Redditor Mark "badmark" Buckman posted a video showcasing the issue while using the Perfect Piano app in December, the internet took notice. 

After some in-house testing at Mashable HQ we confirmed the problem definitely exists, at least while using Perfect Piano. We heard pops and distortion when we turned it all the way up on one Pixel and two Pixel XL handsets we had on-hand running the app — but had no issues with playback on other audio-centric programs, like Spotify and Pandora.   Read more...