Google - Pixel Buds A-Series
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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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"They're pretty water resistant, I've (accidentally) sent them through the wash in my pants pocket and they still work just fine."
"I even washed them accidentally and still worked perfectly fine afterwards."
"I've run in the rain with them, and run them through the wash (accidentally!) a few times, and occasionally wear them in the shower and they still work great."
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"If you care about call quality and noise cancelling during calls then Huawei is the the way and only way to go ... Best overall for calls ... nothing comes close to the Huawei free clips in terms of call quality! ... mic quality for calls is mileeeees ahead on the Huawei."
"The best call quality, bar none. ... I took a call at the gym where it was extremely noisy with loud music pumping. People tell me my voice sounds natural as if I was using my phone's mic. In these conditions, my voice will sound "robotic" or intelligible on other buds. ... That silly commercial Huawei made where a guy took a business call at a concert wasn't farfetched."
"Active background noise cancelling for calls and call clarity blows everything else out of the water. ... I can be in a building with horns blaring, industrial mechanical room talking to tech support, I’ve even stuck my head out the window on the highway and somehow the person hears nothing but your voice. ... All the call quality and ANC listening features are as good as my Bose Quitecomforts were, but I use them for hands free calling all the time and got sick of people not being able to hear me. Huawei were game changers"
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"Crazy good from the jump! ... When you factor in they're only $99 and go toe-to-toe with Bose QC Ultra at $299, this is the deal of the year!"
"Can't recommend them enough for the value, sound like $200 earphones."
"Artti T10 is best buy if we take prices into consideration ... T10 are crazy value, they're at least 95% as good as S08 and cost quite a bit less ... T10 is so good value that price to performance ratio with them is better than any cheaper IEM, not just the more expensive ones"
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"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."
"Used them on a 50k without having to recharge."
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"bad connection with pc vía USB (im not making the de mic work)"
"The one problem I have with them is when they go into a standby mode and come out of it, the mic stops working, both on Bluetooth and with the dongle. ... So like if I'm in a Discord chat and I mute for 20 minutes and come back, I have to put the buds back in the case and take them out for the mic to work again."
"When on a call everyone i have spoken to via the earbuds so far say they can hear the background noise more than me rendering these useless for calls. I mainly use it on walks and in pubic transport. People just hear the bus noise or the cars on the road."
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"constant connectivity issues I experienced. ... The buds would randomly not turn on when taken out of the case, or just one wouldn't turn on, or they wouldn't connect, or sometimes the buds would randomly disconnect/reconnect, or sometimes the buds would disconnect from each other. ... I really wanted to keep them but they were borderline unusable, even after an update."
"Also connection with iPhone has always been terrible. ... Dropped connections, sometimes it just won ’t connect."
"they would constantly disconnect from my s23."
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"having somewhat of a shittier ANC. ... For the use of buses or even home, don't even think about it, the ANC goes crazy with the sound of the engine and the passive noise reduction is almost non present. ... I'd rather not having headphones in the bus and actively listen to the engine than to have these headphones and having to actually listen to the engine as well + weird ANC noises + doghsit quality audio. ... this newer model somehow improves in actually nothing and somehow got an even worse ANC even though the first already barely even had at all. ... ANC: it does contain it, but it does not contain it. ... Bluetooth buds have one purpose which is having ANC, and sounding slightly good. These couldn't even deliver on that."
"they are not noise canceling"
"The ANC is useless, you can hear pretty much everything."
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"I had the same problem and returned them."
"they don't fit great and feel too big for my ears. ... Like i mentioned i have small ears and they were not going inside all the way and didn't stay tilted. ... I went with earfun but im gonna return them because they don't fit great. ... I have small ears and even with the smallest eartips they weren't sitting fully inside."
"the new buds DO NOT fit my ears at all."
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"About a year and the right bud would last about 15 minutes on a full charge."
"Then they could not be powered at all, screen would show the azlrla logo and shut off."
"doesnt always recharge reliably ... I've set it on the charger 12 hoursat a time after ensuring a connection andstill won't be charged. ... I think the connectors are overly sensitive"
0nionskin 1.0my pixel buds are still going strong after 4+ years, not sure if they're compatible with other devices but was worth mentioning.
4NatureMan 1.0I use Pixel Buds, sweat, rain etc do not seem to have any effect on them and the stay in the ear nicely, battery life is good as well.
Able_Biscotti_5491 1.0Pixel buds have been perfect. Forget I'm wearing them.
aldamith 1.0+1 to pixel buds!
That's what I'm rolling with and they are great!
Im happy with the sound, think it's good but im no sound guru by any means :D In terms of fit I have them I think about 2 years now with no issues or complaints.
Alternative-Farmer98 1.0I loved that little nib but the a series didn't have volume controls. Discontinued the 2020 version which actually had the nib and the volume controls. And I would have loved if they went with it but I guess too many people complained about the nib. Worked great for me
Do they have swipe volume controls like the regular Pixel box? Old a series didn't have any on-device volume control outside of voice. Which is silly cuz they were still 99 bucks MSRP and you can get that feature and multi-point for like 30 bucks these days
I loved that little nib but the a series didn't have volume controls. Discontinued the 2020 version which actually had the nib and the volume controls. And I would have loved if they went with it but I guess too many people complained about the nib. Worked great for me
Do they have swipe volume controls like the regular Pixel box? Old a series didn't have any on-device volume control outside of voice. Which is silly cuz they were still 99 bucks MSRP and you can get that feature and multi-point for like 30 bucks these days
aridoasis 1.0Let me preface this by saying I'm an average user and nowhere near an audiophile. I had the iPhone + Airpods Pro prior to getting the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel Buds. The noise cancelling is a step down from the Airpods, especially noticeable when on a plane. However, they are still good, especially when you have media playing. I don't care so much for spatial audio or head tracking as imho it's a gimmick, but it's there. I much prefer the touch controls though I've accidentally triggered them while fixing my hair. They're very comfortable to wear - enough to run down the battery in a long flight. They last about 7 ish hours with ANC, but I've only ever run them down once and that's because I forgot to charge the case and didn't realize it was out. Overall, I'm pretty happy. I would love to get better ANC in future iterations.
banedlol 1.0Pixel buds probably have some of the best touch recognition of wireless buds. I've been been pretty happy with my galaxy buds 2 pro tho (sound is better than the pixels)
BatsTheAssassin 1.0Coming from the original buds A that I have had since they launched, I like the fit much better, the sound quality it much improved, ANC is great on budget buds. But.... the case battery for me has been terrible. I've made a few other posts about it and wondering if I got a defective case. The battery life on the buds 2a themselves seems good though. I've already started the return process and will purchase them again once that is complete to test. For example, and this is my experience so far and not speaking for anyone else, 2a case and buds would be at 100%. I used the buds for about 20 minutes of phone calls, and returned to the case. The buds were about 92% when I put them back in. After a little bit, I checked the case and it was down to 70%. It used 30% just to charge the buds 8% each. That just doesn't seem right to me. I tested my original buds A. Full charge for case and buds. Watched 2 hours of Youtube vids. Buds were around 65% when I put them back in the case. Checked back a while later and both buds were at 100% but the case only dropped to 92%. That's a huge difference compared to the new set.. Wildly different. I would estimate that using the buds 2A for a few weeks, that only using them for 2-3 hours and putting them back in the case drains the entire case battery. I'll try to update in a few weeks when I get the new set to see if the results are the same. Anyone else that has a different experience case battery wise, please let me know.
The original buds A reported the charging to the phone too, no? Sorry, there may be something I'm missing, but that functionality seems the same to me on both. Let me know if I'm missing something.
BHeyman88 1.0Yup, same thing. Returned the pros and got my Series A. Very disappointed the pros don't fit. Like why would they not make it the same style as the Series A? It's beyond me.
BildoBlack 1.0I've been using the Buds-A for years. They fit great, I do prefer their wingtip designs for a more secure fit. And I can wear them for hours before getting any ear fatigue.
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