I think one aspect of this is the trend toward associating low pitched voices with authority. Megamedia news outlets are the best example. When the message in the media is of poor quality they then try to pump up the authority of the messenger. How do they do it? Deep, chest resonating, bass voices.
I've observed people's behavior and noticed that when a person is in a position where he or she wants to seem authoritative that the pitch of the voice drops. And when when females(or males with higher pitched voices) are in a situation where they need to have their authority stand on par with that of males many will use vocal fry to attain the low pitches they seek.
One wonders how this bug rates on Google's internal bug tracking system and if any of the "me too" people have contacted the vendor of their particular phone first?
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. -- Frank Hubbard