Google Pixel Buds A-Series – Wireless Earbuds, Clearly White

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a b Welch, Chris (October 4, 2023). "Google announces new colors and features for its Pixel Buds Pro earbuds". The Verge . Retrieved October 19, 2023. On May 11, 2022, Google announced the Pixel Buds Pro, a premium variant of the Pixel Buds, during the 2022 Google I/O keynote. [52] They were released on July 28, 2022, in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [53] They were available initially in four colors: Charcoal (dark grey), Coral (orange-red), Fog (light blue), and Lemongrass (light yellow-green). [54] With the launch of the Pixel 8 in October 2023, Google introduced two additional colors: Bay (pastel blue) and Porcelain (light gray). [55] Design & features [ edit ] To charge your Pixel Buds charging case, plug the charging case into a power source using the included USB-A to USB-C® cable. The USB port is located on the bottom of the charging case. a b Schoon, Ben (June 3, 2021). "Google fixed the frustrating audio cutouts on Pixel Buds A-Series — Here's how". 9 to 5 Google . Retrieved December 12, 2022.

Peters, Jay (August 20, 2020). "Google's Pixel Buds are now available in more colors nearly four months after launch". The Verge . Retrieved October 30, 2020.If your buds run out of power, a 15-minute charge will offer around three hours of listening time, which should be enough to cover the commute. The charging case itself has a light that indicates the state of play with your buds, including the amount of power available.

Tarantola, A. (October 4, 2017). "Google's Pixel Buds translation will change the world". Engadget . Retrieved December 12, 2022. If your Pixel Buds are in the charging case, you can press the case button to toggle between your Pixel Buds' battery and the battery in the charging case. The A-Series support Google’s Fast Pair with Android devices but can be paired with Apple devices and Windows PCs, too. They support Bluetooth 5 with the universal SBC and AAC audio standards used by most devices. They only connect to one device at a time but each earbud can be used on its own. The Bluetooth connection to a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and iPhone 12 Pro was solid at home and on a fairly quiet street. Testing in congested areas was not possible, however, because of the Covid-19 situation in the UK. Schoon, Ben (May 29, 2020). "Pixel Buds: Growing number of users report audio cutouts w/ Google's earbuds". 9 to 5 Google . Retrieved December 12, 2022.Martonik, Andrew (December 11, 2020). "Google Pixel Buds review, 2 months later: Still my favorite true wireless earbuds". Android Central . Retrieved December 12, 2022. The charging case is largely similar to the prior second-generation and A-Series cases, but the Pro case is slightly larger to accommodate the larger earbuds and measures 63.2mm ×50mm ×25mm (2.49in ×1.97in ×0.98in). [51] [58] Schoon, Ben (October 15, 2019). "Google's original Pixel Buds are dead to make way for the new version". 9 to 5 Google . Retrieved December 12, 2022.

Patel, Nilay (October 15, 2019). "Pixel Buds 2 hands-on: Google takes on the AirPods". The Verge . Retrieved December 12, 2022. Google's wireless earbuds are, of course, aimed first and foremost at Google and Android phones, but they work perfectly well with iOS products, tablets, laptops and the like. With non-Android kit though, you won’t be able to use the Google Assistant that brings so much to the Pixel Buds party. In 2018, Google announced "Google Translate is available on all Assistant-optimized headphones and Android phones." [23] By opening the service to more devices, researcher Matic Horvat hypothesized that Google was seeking more inputs to train its neural network for real-time, natural-language speech recognition. [24] Second-generation [ edit ] Pixel Buds (Gen 2) colors The Pixel Buds charging case has two lights, one inside the case between the earbuds and one on the front of the case near the USB port:Kerns, Taylor (October 19, 2022). "Google Pixel Buds Pro review: Fourth time's the charm". Android Police . Retrieved December 13, 2022. Pixel Buds are trying to pair but one of them is not properly seated in the charging case. Try closing the lid and re-opening to re-align the buds. US D956018S,Gina Reimann; Luke David Mastrangelo& Maj Isabelle Olssonet al.,"Wireless earbud",issued June 28, 2022, assigned to Google LLC