How to Disable USB audio routing on Google Pixel 7

This post will walk you through activating an Android developer feature that prompts the system to disable automatic routing of audio output to any USB audio peripherals connected to the Pixel 7 smartphone’s USB port. Here’s a quick guide to disable USB audio routing on the Google Pixel 7.

When to Disable USB audio routing?

When an Android phone detects a compatible USB digital audio peripheral, the audio playback and capture are automatically routed. This is usually the case when using any of the typical USB host mode applications for telephony, instant messaging, voice chat, recording and music listening.

While this may not be an issue for normal usage, for advanced usage, the automatic routing may interfere with certain apps, particularly those with automatic USB detection functions. 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.