After roasting Apple about headphone jacks, Google quietly dumps it from Pixel 6A

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While the new device has a number of impressive specifications, it is missing one that the company has celebrated on its A-series line for years: a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The A-series line has become more and more of a distinguishing feature as many manufacturers have moved on from the headphone jack. The two-minute ad was a parody of Apple's design videos. The video was titled "The Circle Comes Full Circle", and it seems that the circle is coming full circle again, as now the one set to drop the headphone jack from its next phone.

This isn't the first time this circle has come full circle. The 3.5mm headphone jack was a key feature in the first iteration of the Pixel. The first A-series, the Pixel 3A, would bring it back in 2019. This time, it was a parody of Apple, only to become a parody again the following year.

We have asked why the headphones are not included in the Pixel 6A. It's possible the company wants to make a more convincing case to sell you wireless headphones, and wouldn't you know it, they revealed the new Pixel Buds Pro at the I/O.