GooglePixel Buds Pro 2 - Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation – Bluetooth Headphones - Hazel

I absolutely love these earbuds and they are my first pair of Google buds ever. They are high quality, the sound is amazing and the little features they offer for clicking the earbud to open up the assistant or change the settings and or volume is pretty convenient and awesome too. Too. Unfortunately, my first set when I pressed and held in the right earbud would give a failure sound and would not activate the AI assistant. So I ended up returning them and picking up another pair and the issue was resolved. I'm assuming this is a hardware issue and hopefully just a one-off. Other than that, I would highly recommend these earbuds to absolutely anybody.

Sound quality, battery life, etc are all as good or better as comparable buds in this price range, but good god does the transparency mode take these to the next level. It honestly feels a bit like magic the way they seem to disappear from your ears. I use a lot of ear protection intended for shooting or industrial applications and none of them have felt as comfortable or transparent in the ear as these. I never feel like I need to take these out to communicate with someone else or try to make out faint details. The integration with my Pixel 7 is flawless. In my limited time with them thus far, they are leagues ahead of other ear buds I've used.

I definitely recommend these for people still rocking the original Pros like I was, they kept the touch controls the same, added a couple more quality of life features like the speaker on the case, and you get improvements (some modest, some significant) to all the important areas like sound quality and ANC performance, and especially fit in the ear, which I know was a pain point for a lot of people with the old ones, even though it was never a problem for me personally.

1. do you prefer your earbuds to play the same audio at the same time?- then this product is not for you. the audio can frequently desync. hearing the same audio with at slightly different times in different ears is horrendous and maddening.2. but do both buds work?no! the left ear bud occasionally phones it in and it completely stops working. you'll have to forget the device in your Bluetooth settings and pair it again. don't worry. your time isn't valuable.3. does the audio on my phone stop when I put the buds away?No! When you put your ear buds back in their case after listening to audio, you should not expect your phone to stop playing said audio from it's own speakers.... even if you spend a fortune on a brand new pixel phone! I hope you weren't listening to metal right before volunteering with kids. because your phone's gonna keep playing it and everyone's going to hear it.4. are they good to run with?No. not at all5. does ai really make a difference?Yes. it's SO annoying. Gemini speaks up unprompted constantly. interrupts whatever you're doing, helps you miss turns you should have made while driving, interrupting your texting and phone use, all while stubbornly refusing to vacate your screen so you can use your phone6. does it get caught in pairing loops?most definitely! Your phone will just play the pixel buds connection sound over and over and over again. I think it's an interaction effect with other Bluetooth devices, but clearly the android project is attempting to give the pixel buds some administrative control beyond that of a normal Bluetooth device; unlike Harald Bluetooth, who united the Danish, your pixel buds will only succeed in driving wedges between you and the people around you mad with repetitive sounds.7. Who hurt you?You did google. The Bluetooth spec is absolutely insane. no one can implement it you have abhorrent code deep in your kernel and it's absolutely ruining your product. I think proprietary protocols are the most evil, and I desperately want to stay on a platform that plays the open source software game. But sometimes, I just want to switch to apple and watch the world burn.seriously. it's 2024, technology is worse, and we're all paying more for things that do more things more poorly than my poor younger self could have possibly imagined. stop releasing buggy software and inferior products.

So far so good. Connects well with Pixel 8 phone and it sounds very good. These are small and fit well though during a run I had one keep loosening up. I've switched that bud to a bigger tip (provided in the full set of XS,S,M,L that comes with the buds) and it seems better but I have to try it on a run to be sure.I really like the volume control using sweeping motion on the buds so I don't have to talk to an assistant or use my phone buttons. And all the tap motions seem to work just fine. It isn't too sensitive.And the auto shut-off when I speak is great as is the stop play if I pull one bud out of my ear.The ANC is very good and the buds are comfy enough to use them just to shut out noise even if you don't want to listen to music.So far calls seem good but I haven't really kept track of them. Just no issues that I've noticed.

I might be a little bit biased considering I really do like Google.Battery life is exceptional and the connectivity is super fast.The noise cancellation is amazing and definitely worth the money. Clarity during calls is great and the performance with Google Assistant is amazing.The touch controls are super simple and very effective.I've dropped the case and earbuds several times over the weeks that I've had them. No problems whatsoever. Very durable.