I'm sure I'm not the only one that upgraded to a new Motorola phone and discovered after-the-fact that they nixed the stereo speakers in all the new models
I was especially angry because the "Motorola Moto G Stylus" is listed everywhere as having stereo sound, but the 2021 version does not.
After it was delivered, my carrier and Motorola both basically told me thanks for your money, get lost.
The speaker on the 2021 is okay, though I had a Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen for almost a decade and was always proud of the fact that it had stereo, and certainly wanted it with the upgraded phone.
Aside from feeling I was deceived.... the speaker works except in games like Jackpot, where the sound most definitely only comes from one side of the phone, and it just ruins the experience.
Also I sometimes have trouble hearing people in the car using the phone on speaker, which is required by law in my state.
I'm intrigued by one thing though- the 2nd earpiece speaker already on the Motorola, even in the 2021. Why can't that be turned on too, so they both play? Surely that would make a difference, not true stereo like the older Motorola phones... but at least enough so some games don't sound so one-sided.
I believe people are calling the concept "Dolby Atmos Surround Sound", per an app I can't find a way to install......turning on the earpiece ALSO when playing videos and games.
There are YouTube walkthroughs for doing this on a number of mono speaker phone models (Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S8, OnePlus6) but nothing anywhere for Motorola.
There are apps to turn on just the earpiece, or the main speaker, but nothing to do both.
Is there any way to manage this programatically?
BUT SURELY!

After it was delivered, my carrier and Motorola both basically told me thanks for your money, get lost.
The speaker on the 2021 is okay, though I had a Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen for almost a decade and was always proud of the fact that it had stereo, and certainly wanted it with the upgraded phone.
Aside from feeling I was deceived.... the speaker works except in games like Jackpot, where the sound most definitely only comes from one side of the phone, and it just ruins the experience.
Also I sometimes have trouble hearing people in the car using the phone on speaker, which is required by law in my state.
I'm intrigued by one thing though- the 2nd earpiece speaker already on the Motorola, even in the 2021. Why can't that be turned on too, so they both play? Surely that would make a difference, not true stereo like the older Motorola phones... but at least enough so some games don't sound so one-sided.
I believe people are calling the concept "Dolby Atmos Surround Sound", per an app I can't find a way to install......turning on the earpiece ALSO when playing videos and games.
There are YouTube walkthroughs for doing this on a number of mono speaker phone models (Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S8, OnePlus6) but nothing anywhere for Motorola.
There are apps to turn on just the earpiece, or the main speaker, but nothing to do both.
Is there any way to manage this programatically?
BUT SURELY!