PlatformIO does have the newer toolchain, it’s just not set as default.
Per Fastled clockless_trinket.h:326:24: error - #6 by maxgerhardt you can add
platform_packages =
; use GCC AVR 7.3.0+
toolchain-atmelavr@>=1.70300.0
to the platformio.ini
and get the 7.3.0 toolchain instead of the 5.4.0 one.