Pixel Buds Are Google's Wireless Answer to Apple AirPods
Google announced their wireless solution to pair with headphone jack-less Pixel 2 phones.
Now that Google has removed the headphone jack from their flagship Pixel phones, it was inevitable that a wireless option would be introduced today. The newly announced Google Pixel Buds provide up to 5-hours of listening time on a charge and the case that it comes with holds multiple charges so you can get up to 24 hours of use.
For listening to music, the Pixel Buds have one-touch audio controls for play/pause and you can swipe to change songs.
The PixelBuds, paired with machine learning via Google Assistant, showed off an incredible interaction on stage between two people speaking two languages. Real-time Google Translate is only a touch of a button away with the Pixel Buds. You can ask the Buds to help you speak a specific language and, after speaking, the other user will hear the translated phrase or statement. With two Google Translate equipped users, this nearly eliminates language barriers.
The wireless headphones are priced at $159 and will come in blue, white, and black.
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replyCharles Singletary posted a new article, Pixel Buds Are Google's Wireless Answer to Apple AirPods
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Cool tech, but yeah...super ugly.
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not true wireless - that band seems like it'd get irritating very fast, doesn't fit in your ear in such that it's great for music or podcasts/audiobooks, the translation one-way looks good but unless the other person has the exact same phone, it doesn't work does it?
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I am holding out for an actual babelfish.
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Does the case charge wirelessly like the new one from Apple?
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the case charges in general, but it looks like the earbuds may have contacts on them so i think not wirelessly? no mention either way
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The buds have to contact the case in a specific point, just like AirPods, they don't just float in there and charge wireless themselves. The question I have is, does the case itself charge wirelessly?
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Oh my bad. yeah I'd say almost definitely not, you can see the USB-C port on there and I feel like they'd mention it if it did Qi
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Hard plastic earbuds are total trash for my ears, wireless or not.
Am I a freak of nature here? I can't understand how people can wear the ear pods and air pods or any ear buds like those for more than 5 minutes without extreme irritation and discomfort. I need those rubber in ear ones with multiple size tips. And they stay in place better w/ motion.
These look extra bullshit with the cord running right through the middle of them, probably brushes up and tickles your ear when moving :(
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Just depends on your physiology. For some they fit great, for some too snug, for some to loose. I can't wear over the ear headphones for an extended period of time as they become painful so I prefer the pods.
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These Pixel Buds don't even sit down in your ear so it seems like they'd be even less comfortable and more likely to fall out (which is why they have the band I suppose?)
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