The pixel buds come with a charging case, features exclusive to pixel phones, and they're priced at
$159 making them pretty much the Android equivalent to Apple's air pods
But are these even close to as good? and can they deliver on their promise of offering magical
Real-time translation, just like they did in the scripted onstage demo. I think kind of blue would suit you
alright
We will see
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First things first the pixel buds are not truly Wireless
But unlike some other neck buds like the j-bird freedoms
There's no battery bump or inline control
Everything is contained within the earbuds themselves
So why then does this cable exist at all?
Well, it's actually integral to the buds design starting with the fit the loop formed at the cables end actually goes inside-ish
your ear and then can be adjusted for a nice snug fit and to keep them in
In practice, it causes a little bit more faffing about to put them in the cable slips
but it works surprisingly well to hold them in place and
being able to hang them around your neck, it could be argued is a convenient way to keep track of them and
and besides, if you prefer
truly Wireless pixel buds you can just DIY it any way by cutting the...
I'm just kidding not only would cutting off the cable void your warranty
You'd also be totally screwed because the cable does conduct audio signals not to mention power
The buds 5 hour, 120 milliamp hour battery is completely contained within the left
Bud and is not split between the two earphones like with Apple's air pods
To charge the battery you will need the included charging case. It is not as small or convinient
Or premium feeling as the air pods case. I have some doubts about its long-term durability, and the lip around the edge is
pretty stupid
Okay, I actually you know what I don't like it very much
but the process of putting the buds in is about as good as it could be considering that there's a cable to deal with and
it includes a
magic pairing mechanism similar to apples provided that you're running Android nougat and
That you have a little bit of luck
But let's just take them back out and use them compared to the air pods
Which only have one gesture which can be remapped depending on your preference per Bud to pause?
skip track or
summon Siri
Google's offers less flexibility at this time, but it does support more gestures
Thanks to a capacitive surface
That is built into the right
bud so you can actually tap to play and pause
You can double tap to have notifications read to you
You can swipe to adjust volume and you can hold it to summon the Google assistant, which by the way is
awesome on the pixel buds the instant you touch the button no latency or even an
Acknowledgment tone you can just start talking. What's the price of Bitcoin?
Ordering it to play songs, get directions or even send text messages something that isn't supported on the Google home
Yet
Sorry, I can't send text yet. Oh and one more thing how about that real-time translation?
Now two months ago Dennis
And I tried out a different product with that same promise and the results were how do we put this tactfully?
totally broke dick
Okay, so now I'm actually not very certain if it's working properly
So let's see if Google can do any better today you're not Dennis
Can you get Dennis ok so you ready to try again
You kill me hello, it is very nice to meet you oh
Yeah audience, ooh
Wow it went through a lot of different iterations there.
Why is it that whenever we try to do one of these scenarios we end up dating
Okay
So alright thanks Dennis
There are some good things here umm. I don't speak
This is based on Google Translate rather than whatever that broken thing we were using before was so the translations are actually pretty good
but a
couple of issues first of all this functionality with the pixel buds only works with the pixel or pixel 2 series of phones and
What was the point of that
What was the difference between using pixel buds and just using Google Translate
So, okay, let's move on to the one more fairly important thing that we have to discuss here
How do the pixel buds sound?
actually
Not bad compared to the air pods. They have a wider soundstage and are more
full-bodied
Definitely less tinny meaning. I would say they sound better than the air pods overall
With that said despite all of our comparisons between the two here the buds aren't
Really competing with the air pods anyway even though they can totally work with an iPhone including Siri integration
What they're competing with is all the other?
Bluetooth headphones that an Android user might buy in the post headphone jack era and
as long as your device supports the features that you want to use with them and
you don't mind the relatively cumbersome in our experience pairing and
Easier insertion process, I think they are a pretty good choice
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