Google - Pixel Buds (1st Gen)
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Last updated: Jan 3, 2026 Scoring
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"This is where they really shine. ... Transparency mode is fantastic - it feels super natural, almost like you're not wearing earbuds at all. ... This feature is the most important to me in any earbuds and out of the many I've tried, these are hands down the best. ... Transparency would have made or broke these for me, and they deliver in spades. ... Best I've heard on any earbuds, and most over the ears, with the exception of the Airpods Max. Those sound like you're wearing nothing at all. This is the closest to that I've ever heard. ... No static here."
"The AP2 are gold standard for transparency for me, every aspect I just described is handled well."
"The AP2 are gold standard for transparency for me, every aspect I just described is handled well."
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"I put them in my ear, put the helmet on, then do one final “push” with my finger to seat them in my ear for the ride. ... The batteries die before they work out of my ear."
"they are so comfortable that both I and my husband have had to feel our ears to check whether we were still wearing them."
"Also super bonus I've never head banged with earphones this hard besides with these soundcores, they stick to me like glue even when I'm in a metal mood and I'm headbanging for a good hour."
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"Have run 3 half's and 2 fulls, never have ran out of battery provided they are properly charged beforehand."
"I use it for the same reasons and love it. ... I would not consider the regular Apple Watch because of battery life."
"the battery life easily lasts 10+ hours."
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"It's been awesome for the month i've had mine and is able to connect to xbox/ps5 at the same time as your PC and can have dual-channel audio going on at the same time."
"easy to... pair with 2 devices at once. ... I use it to connect with my pc and my iPhone and it handles the audio switch really well."
"internal connections for example i use Sunshine & Moonlight to game stream to my living room TV or my bedroom projector and I get the full 2.5gig speed test to my desktop from the tv, projector and my phone that are on wifi"
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"it weighs under 350g"
"best cheap tiny earbuds I've ever used ... They put all the others to shame."
"small earbuds ... Totally ruined it for me when they made them twice as big the next go-around..."
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"I’d love to be able to run in them, but they would never stay in my ears. ... I’m afraid I already have tried each pod size. ... I had the air pod pro before that and they were the same. ... I even bought extra / different size pods and they didn’t work. ... I think Apple designed them for the most common types, but they just do not fit everyone. I’m sadly one of those people. ... Having had this issue for almost 6 years, I would be reluctant to run with them now."
"The AirPods Pro always slip out after 1-2 minutes of use on the left side (for me). I'm still trying to find a solution for this. One that doesn't involve fiddling with the foam."
"I have tried a bunch of different eartips for my airpods pro, both foam and speciality combined rubber + foam and they grip pretty well. ... But I find that if the earbud has some kind of rubber ring or lip around the speaker casing they seem to stay much much better than if they just have a better replaced rubber tip. Because the whole speaker is otherwise kind of moving around inside the outer part of the ear and pulls the eartip out more and more during the day so I have to constantly readjust and push in the earbud."
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"About a year and the right bud would last about 15 minutes on a full charge."
"I've had them for a few years and now the battery doesn't last for more than 40 mins, so looking for a different model."
"And then during a race in September the mid sole of one pulled right off with less than 200 km on them."
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"Yeah the battery life on Apple Watch is pathetic. ... Like I have the 4G Apple watch which I wear when I am out of town just in case my iphone dies or gets broken and I am in an emergency. That happened to me a few months back. I had my watch and only my watch. I had 4G turned on for emergency services and GPS turned on so I can find my way home. Convienent and life saving right? Except the stupid thing died after an hour and after that I was stuck with no communication abilities at all in the middle of the night wandering the streets. What good is having all of those capabilities if they are just going to die on you after 10 minutes? ... other than as an emergency backup for my phone (which I have now proven is a joke in a real life emergency)"
"If I record for more than 14 minutes it will freeze and battery is already almost dead. This is at night night by the way so temperature isn't high."
"the battery now wears out very quickly - after about 1 hour of usage."
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"they constantly disconnect/fade in and out when I walk around and it drives me nuts."
"Bluetooth connection issues abound"
saw this kinda question a lot and honestly most people end up happy with either Soundcore Liberty 4s or the Pixel Buds A if they want something cheaper. the Liberty 4s are kinda the do everything well option as in comfy, great battery, solid anc and the sound is way better than the price suggests. they’re the ones i reach for when i’m not trying to think too hard lol. if you want something lighter/cheaper, Pixel Buds A are stupid comfortable and sound clean, just no real noise canceling. airpods pro are also great but only if you’re in the apple ecosystem, but you’re basically paying extra for the convenience. I would suggest checking sites like reddit vetted which basically summarize reddit reviews for you-i did that and ended up with soundcore after checking the good reviews
r/Earbuds • What’s the best pair of wireless earbuds for everyday use? ->The original pixel buds and Baseus Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds - Bowie MA10
r/GooglePixel • What earbuds are you guys using with your Pixel? ->Nice! Battery is really good too. I got Pixel buds recently (free with plan), and they are pretty good, but Sony battery seems better.
r/TechnicalDeathMetal • Best budget earbuds ->Used pixel buds A since they came out. Switched this week to buds pro 2
r/GooglePixel • What earbuds are you guys using with your Pixel? ->I have the first Pixel Buds and SonyXM5s. Use both quite a bit
r/GooglePixel • What earbuds are you guys using with your Pixel? ->Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, they're not very good but have proved more reliable than a whole bunch of others, Sennheiser momentum, XM4, load of em, all never make it beyond 6 months. I baby them and they still die. I thought the og Pixel Buds were ok but they just wouldn't stay in my ears. I'm interested in the Pixel Buds Pro 2. Got some Bowers & Wilkins px7 s2 for when I fly or do some critical listening.
r/GooglePixel • What earbuds are you guys using with your Pixel? ->Interesting way to gather the data! I personally tried a few of the high ranking ones and they really didn't live up to hype. Pixel buds not being on the list for r/earbuds is wild tho. Also, very shall but, it's upward not onward
r/dataisbeautiful • I analyzed 1 year of wireless earbuds recommendations on Reddit (Nov 2024–2025). These are the top 25 (r/Earbuds vs all subreddits) ->Buds Pro 2 currently, but I still have and use Buds 2 and A, depending on what I'm doing and where I'm at. My kids have the Buds Pro and the Sony as well. We all agree that musically speaking you can really dial the Sony's in, to where they're the best sounding for most music, but overall we say the Buds Pro 2 are the best. Size, battery life and fit for sure.
r/GooglePixel • What earbuds are you guys using with your Pixel? ->Wait until one of the ear buds stops working. I have pixel buds and pixel buds a and both the left ear stopped working.
r/GooglePixel • Disappointed by Pixel Buds Pro 2 ->Wait until one of the ear buds stops working. I have pixel buds and pixel buds a and both the left ear stopped working.
r/GooglePixel • Disappointed by Pixel Buds Pro 2 ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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