Google is working on a redesigned media output switcher in Android 16 Beta 4, updating a UI mostly unchanged since Android 11.

In the current version of the design in Android 15 and before, the media output switcher places this button in the list with the other devices. It also has it remain at the bottom at all times.

This seems like a really obvious thing I am somehow missing... but how do you set a default audio device for output? I have like a million, because I have 3 monitors that all support audio ...

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In practice, it's a thrice-weekly Sisyphean gauntlet for my audio configuration, during which I'll frequently discover that Windows has lost track of what input and output devices are plugged into ...