A Major Upgrade! - Pixel Buds Pro 2 Review

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

What do you think of them?

[@ajs5018]

Dont think its worth the upgrade from the OG. Also mic and call quality seems to be worse, although software updates may fix it. Two tears later this is the best they can do? Little improvements and make them smaller? Rather have them keeping the same size and significantly improve the experience. It's a no from me.

[@techcentral3]

I just think that google should stop shaping their earbud cases like eggs.

[@Sedp23]

I don't think there's enough upgrade worth the price but the fit , battery, and transparency mode are huge upgrades over the previous ones. They really brought big upgrades to the original pixel buds pro so I'm hoping they do the same with these. I love mine

[@flexor212000]

I have them. Replaced my broken Bose sport earbuds. So worth it for me. The transparency mode is absolutely mind-blowing. Noise cancellation too! The sound quality is really close to Bose if not better. I love the quality. Total win. I hope they last a long time.

[@Mr.MainMan]

I don't know how the price is justifiable. There don't seem to be any features that they offer that you can't get from other companies for less sometimes. I will say as a disclaimer I'm not very fluent in the tech sphere so I'm not very good with prices so please tell me if I'm wrong.

[@jamesjeffery2926]

I love their design, they're very clean.

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

Wow that comment was instant!

[@jamesjeffery2926]

@@MikeOBrienMedia 🤣

[@mambaout8and24]

Just got my Pixel Buds Pro 2 about an hour ago and they're awesome! I've had every generation of the Pixel Buds and these are by far the best.

[@wanttywontty]

I thought this is the 2nd gen

[@mambaout8and24]

@@wanttywontty , the first Pixel Buds true wireless earbuds were just Pixel Buds, then the Pixel Buds Pro and now the Pixel Buds Pro 2.

[@Matt-Are-Gee]

Eagerly awaiting mine! (I've also had all of their TWB except the A series. 2020 And OG Pro. )

[@hobbitpsi]

I had the original Pixel Buds Pro. They weren't loud enough. Are the pro 2's louder?

[@mambaout8and24]

@@hobbitpsi , yes! They're louder and the noise cancellation, as well as the transparency mode are amazing.

[@flexor212000]

Keep in mind when thinking of the cons, this guy has tried a tremendous amount of earbuds from all sorts of brands. Naturally he's going to be hard on these but know that if you buy them and are an average user/consumer of music, you will LOVE them.

[@brother_Tennessee]

Very very good point, the average user will not care of what any professional tech reviewer will think of them, they will still buy the product and give it praise

[@jebaker2]

I have these and like them a lot! The fit is great for my ears (which is rare) and the ANC is great.

[@Hand.Co.Stamps]

dude collected the infinity stones of ear buds , thanos of ear buds

[@NOGRAD]

Just got mine with the $200 store credit from google. Huge upgrade over my old earbuds and I like them more than my girlfriend's airpods pro

[@readable]

To know if the earbuds are in the case right. The Google “G” must be right side up. If you put them in wrong, the G is upside down sort of.

[@guneetsura]

For the price, there are better earbuds you'd find. But overall, these seem great considering the features, sound, transparency and the fit. If you ignore the microphone and ANC, these make a great pair. I wish Google adds some improvements to the microphone in future updates, because I don't mind the ANC.

[@intellectualbricks4076]

What earbud would you recommend in that price range?

[@mayumic08]

Would be nice if it reads notification automatically like airpods pro 2

[@leefulbright7473]

Hey thanks Mike always reliable reviews 👍

[@objectaa]

love the lower exposure footage, look much better

[@gabrielbran3623]

Could you do a comparison between these and the galaxy buds 3 pro

[@arnolfinilmf]

And vs airpods 3

[@kramdens1967]

Thanks! Good review! Waiting for your Pixel Watch 3 full review!

[@omonighoprogressoghenetejiri]

Me too, been waiting for a while now

[@Cslteo]

Have you looked into the OnePlus Buds Pro 3? These were also launched recently and might stack up well for a more reasonable price. Anyway, thanks for your coverage on the new Google buds, great review as always - keep it up :)

[@ether23-23]

I have them and they are incredible. I advise everyone to save your money and buy the Oneplus pro 3's. IMO the best valued true wireless buds out right now

[@DadStuffPrivate]

Now Google is for 179 so best value

[@Cslteo]

@@DadStuffPrivate from what I've read, they don't sound all that amazing. Feature wise quite complete though 👍

[@goldentrout4811]

wish they were cheaper, honestly have no idea why a lot of branded earbuds are so expensive 😅

[@DadStuffPrivate]

It's for 179 dollars now, wait for the sale

[@everettwinterlast]

One of the first Amazon reviews pointed out that the microphone gets bad when background noise is happening, it looks like this can be fixed just like the OnePlus buds Pro 3 fixed it by a firmware update. Do you think the firmware update to fix this will happen sometime soon?

[@AkerfeldtTveitan-yi4xm]

Why is this guy so adorable? I'm having a hard time concentrating on the video

[@Triro]

I got mine. 2 days in and I love them. I had some issues with the left earbud where and was weaker. But blowing out the two front vents fixed it. ANC is nice. Sound quality is a noticeable bump in quality. The wingtip is a good save. My ears constantly wouldn't hold earbids. But these are the only pair to actually stay in. Which is very nice. (I've owned xm5's, linkbuds, pixel buds pro 1 and 2.)

[@JustAFatGuyInTX]

They're fine, probably best when used with a Pixel phone as Google does gatekeep Spatial audio for non Pixel phones. (Which kinda sucks as that's a common feature on earbuds) I do like these as the transparency is among the best I've had in any earbuds to date. It's the closest we have to open ear headphones when it comes to hearing my surroundings. That's legitimately impressive. And so far I do agree with the mic quality, it is hit/miss with phone calls. But I'm hopeful it'll improve via an update down the line, as the original Pixel Buds Pro were the best for phone calls. So in short, if near perfect transparency is required for you, then I'd get these. If not, there's others out there for cheaper.

[@Nkay28]

Mike, which would you recommend more for fit, sound, anc & mic? (Galaxy S24U), these or galaxy buds 3 pro

[@fightnight14]

Got these for $90 after all the promos and store credit excluding the $30 SC you get after buying.

[@Stealth_vision]

Will it be on sale for holidays hopefully

[@kevinjonathan5282]

Why do they say Multipoint then its dualpoint. I expect they provide support for more then 2 devices, people might have a phone, tablet, laptop, and watch to take media where they left, apple does a great job here

[@themasonera]

Do AirPods have real time translation?

[@keithpalacios11]

As far as over the ear headphones, do you like the Sennheiser 4s or the Sony XM5s?

[@j.p.4541]

Do these come with different sized wing tips?

[@joesian]

I just wish Google would match the color of the buds with the case! Other than that I do think they sound better and stay better in my ear.

[@AvinavaDuttaRoychoudhury]

Hey Mike This is a nice review of the pixel buds I am an apple user with AirPods Pro 2 Is it on par with AirPods..…

[@wmurch3]

Does it matter? You'll never buy these

[@AvinavaDuttaRoychoudhury]

@@wmurch3 nah mate My mother is using google pixel 7a I was asking for her

[@omonighoprogressoghenetejiri]

Not on par but since your mom uses a pixel she'll most likely love these, they'll work seamlessly together @@AvinavaDuttaRoychoudhury

[@markkendall6144]

Had both these are better than the airpod pro 2

[@vikrjeg]

Worth going for it if already having the first gen buds pro? I don't see a lot of compelling changes to make the move. Some aspects like the mic and the squeaking sound are new issues. Any other good buds to go for around 150-200 bucks?

[@rolins3279]

OnePlus Buds Pro 3, Huawei Freebuds Pro 3

[@rohitiyer7460]

I have pixel 8 pro and pixel watch 2 which I bought last year, I was looking forward to buying Pixel buds 2 pro but based on several reviews I decided not to go with it. Main dealbreaker was the mic quality. For such a high price the mic quality doesn't look on par with 40-50 USD earphones. I went with oneplus buds 3 pro

[@lovie74]

I was thinking of the oneplus buds 3 pro but, I will probably go for the galaxy buds 3 pro. I've heard way too many good things about them.

[@lockysock1901]

As typical google probably will get better after updates

[@shethsa]

How would you rate the fit, anc and transparency of the oneplus vs the pixel?

[@lovie74]

​@@shethsa I went for the galaxy buds 3 pro, imo they were really nice and fit me well. There are some issues with le audio not working but, le audio usually just worsens the audio anyways and in terms of how comfortable they are they are a bit less comfortable then the galaxy buds 2 pro, since in those I could sleep with them, with these I can't but, the audio quality is definitely better. I got no idea for the one plus or pixel tho.

[@rohitiyer7460]

@@shethsa I have no idea about the pixel buds 2 pro, but the ANC in OPbuds pro 3 is very very good, comfortable to wear for long hours, easily gives me 5-5.5 hrs with the ANC on. Microphone quality is always good. Easily connects with multiple devices

[@נדבמעוז-ח7ת]

Do a video on Auracast!!

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

I really should

[@gregfowler957]

Are they worth getting if you havnt got a pixel phone

[@jejunamja]

Yeah that's my exact question also

[@fromann09]

I would love for you to to a comparison; Pixel vs Galaxy vs Airpods!

[@brainnotbright1563]

probably wont replace my az80 for now but ill see in the future, seems like its not a huge upgeade overall from previous one

[@DadStuffPrivate]

Now on sale for 179 dollars

[@NegyedMisi]

Yes, I am looking forward to AuraCast, too, hoping it won't be a gimmick.

[@stephanieluo2007]

Hows the translation?

[@shwifty3492]

But does the little SOB stay connected while in the charging case?

[@karthikrai7591]

Pretty good! I don't know if the mic feels like a major upgrade from the Buds Pro 1 (that I currently own), though.

[@NegyedMisi]

If touch and hold on the right earbud is ANC toggle, what happens when you wear the left bud only? Do you lose that gesture? Both Sony and Jabra had this and it is a small nuance but a pity.

[@markryan4850]

You can change it in settings. Right for ANC, left for AI. Or both ANC or both AI

[@NegyedMisi]

@@markryan4850 Ok, but you basically lose one control by wearing one bud only. (it's kinda usual with the non-stem design unfortunately)

[@brucelin5842]

R u sure there is no auracast? But it say it support le audio?

[@Destro615]

Mine arrive today and I was banking on the ear wings! No earbuds stay in my ears!!! 😭

[@robfahey7363]

How would you compare the noise cancelation vs the Pixel Buds Pro 1?

[@Harsh-20]

Good idea to use them with Pixel phone considering pixel buds don’t come such design?

[@tonywalker5072]

On sale on Amazon and Best Buy for 179

[@raizel29]

Is it better than the JBL live beam in terms of ANC and Sound quality in that order😅

[@AirplayneEar]

Is the fit bad like the new galaxy buds?

[@dagothodros641]

Nope

[@omonighoprogressoghenetejiri]

They're okay, but some things can be improved on 1: Change the design to airpods like since that design is superior and will greatly improve microphone quality 2: Add ultra wide band support because for a pair of earbuds it's even more needed here for finding it 3: add qi2 wireless charging support 4: not related but make a custom chip for the pixel watch improve the battery life 😂

[@LalosSaw]

1. Definitely not! The stem design is aweful. 3. There is wireless charging

[@rahulrajrai1996]

Definitely not...airpods design sucks. They always fall out of my ears. They're too slippery.

[@Buckstein11]

The apple watch has a custom chip and still have horrible battery life... Rated for 18 hours and in real life barely goes past 24 hours so it's really not a chip issue. Maybe increase battery size or build a pixel watch ultra

[@omonighoprogressoghenetejiri]

@@rahulrajrai1996 try different size of silicon tips, alot of people who have issues just don't know they're using the wrong eartip size

[@omonighoprogressoghenetejiri]

@@LalosSaw but not wow(magsafe) to make it snap magnetically to the charger The stem design is great, more stylish, fits in way more ears, more room for controls, will be better for mic quality Why do you think Samsung switched?

[@goldenmike1813]

Anyone else getting a loud squeaking noise when trying to put them on?

[@sergelenbaasansuren]

Be dead honest with me. Is it falling off from your ear ?

[@bringmemybow]

I just got a pair and fit is deffo a positive. I have small ears and sturggle with ear buds but these once twisted just fit. But the rest of stuff is pretty average.

[@MarkIsero]

Better fit than the original pro!

[@dylanguerrero8053]

Dont buy these full priced. If you have store credit or are able to wait for a sale do that instead.

[@iMax1975]

"That" (Airpod) level, is where they need to be! I'm a Pixel 9 Pro XL user that came from iPhone 15 Pro Max and AirPod Pro 2's. I cannot understand why Google is so far behind the competition. This (might) be a major upgrade for the Pixel users but it's still horrible in 2024 from a company who's market cap is 2.041 Trillion USD. This isn't a small mom and pop shop. I'm not cutting them ANY slack.

[@DigSamurai]

I have the Buds Pro and Pro 2 and I agree with the reviewer. However, I strongly disagree about OnePlus earbuds. I was a OnePlus Fanboy for years but then I had to deal with their support when something went wrong. OnePlus support is a Catastrophic Dumpster fire! Buy their products at your peril and hope nothing goes wrong.

[@christopherlongwith2811]

EE have got the pixel pro2 buds for £129 sterling l!!!

[@Chayoeverett]

To the people saying "it'll be fixed with an update". Why is every Google product launch full of bugs and glitches? Why is Google unable to launch a product without having to find out from their customers what's wrong with their products? Phones, earbuds, tablets, speakers, no other company has to rely on updates this bad to make their products work as advertised.

[@chillychillchill3240]

For this price, I can't buy them after that microphone test

[@JaaaaaaaC]

Gemini is the worst I couldn't get it to answer elementary level math problems. It had a complete aneurysm.

[@SStarlight9614]

Gemini will remember that.* just know when AI takes us over, Gemini coming after you for that🤣

[@jerryellis4518]

Wintergreen!

[@avivs22]

Bad microphone.

[@Yourhairsonsweet]

The original ones I got when they launched and the microphone for phone calls was absolute garbage. Couldn't even use it which is what I get buds for and important for my needs

[@Thegreatestcasper]

it's functional- far from great though

[@Yourhairsonsweet]

@@Thegreatestcasper for phone calls they bad, bad my girlfriend at the time was in the Philippines and it just didn't work at all. Whatsapp was unusable

[@Thegreatestcasper]

@@Yourhairsonsweet i have the buds pro 2 and they've been fine

[@everettwinterlast]

It looks like the microphone/call quality on the buds pro 2 getting bad from background noise, is going to be fixed by some point, hopefully soon, with a firmware update.

[@Ozymandiusz]

Listen the earbuds can even cook for me. All this shit and whistles don't mean anything if the it is wrong. Unfortunately Pixel buds pro 2 fit is not on pair with airpods pro 2

[@anthonyporrata46]

How do you get eat bus to cook for you? All types of meals or just basics, like ceareal?

[@FinneasJedidiah]

While i really like my pixel Pro buds, i have a hard time justifying these over the $70 CMF buds 2 pro

[@flyingbanana9712]

bruh 70 dollar cmf buds aren't better than regular buds pro much less buds pro 2

[@MrR3DP4ND4]

@@flyingbanana9712 These are $229 dollars. There are so many better options in that price range that it's laughable Google launched these at that price point.

[@cjay876]

I have both the pro1 and pro2. The pro1 in my opinion has a better bass.... Go figure...

[@floran620]

IMO, the price is way to high for those earbuds.

[@born2eat]

FYI: If you have multiple accounts and want to switch the one these pair to, sign out from all other accounts except the one you want as your "main". You can then sign back in. I just had to deal with this haha 😅

[@Lukas-s-lk]

I feel like the ANC is worse. There's noise that you constantly hear when ANC is on. So when you're in a quiet environment, having ANC off is quieter than having it on. Hope they fix that with a future software update.

[@junun007]

Switched from iphone 15 pro to pixel 9 pro. Currently have airpod pro 2's was thinking about getting the pixel buds pro 2 for some of the extra features with the pixel, but they dont seem like they are as good as airpods when it comes to sound, ANC, and transparency :/

[@SMS2884]

Here's to all the bad microphone comments. Forgetting that a firmware update will fix it.

[@Zetpherious]

Maybe it will, maybe it won't. Depends on if Google even acknowledge it.

[@SMS2884]

@@Zetpherious They will. The amount of firmware changes on the original shows how much google actually cares. It's one of the reasons I stick with google now. Clearly they listened to people and what they want with their phones. Even with the next gen chips finally being away from Samsung.

[@avivs22]

@@SMS2884 care? They're selling you an unoptimized product.

[@TonyHoffman]

These things are trash.. you can barely hear anything the max volume is so low. Do yourself a favor and get Sonys.

[@danieljohnson8134]

The mic quality on the new buds is really disappointing vs the previous model. Unfortunately deal breaker for me

[@wmurch3]

I wonder if he did the firmware update to 2.11 before the review. I called a few people today and none complained about not being able to understand me or anything.

[@Sau0791]

​@@wmurch3Are you facing issues with right ear buds? Mine keeps making static noise and keeps changing strength of the anc

[@Sedp23]

There's a manual firmware upgrade out the box. I wonder if he did it. I haven't had any issues or complaints with came so far. Mic issues can be addressed with updates, they're good about updating their devices. They did alot for the first pixel buds pro

[@Sau0791]

@@Sedp23 yep i know. I have the buds now however I'm having issues with the right one. It keeps giving me static noise at times and fluctuating with ANC. Do you know how to reset them?

[@Sedp23]

@@Sau0791 from what I remember u hold the pairing button for 30 seconds with the buds in them and case open the light will flash orange and white a few times until it's done resetting

[@TonyBarger]

They aren't reading notifications for a ton of people, even myself. Not talking about the touch to hold, just the general notification reading. They also don't have independent notification volume. If your phone is on vibrate, then your earbuds are silent as well. Google is aware of these problems, and they don't care. Do not buy these.

[@markkendall6144]

Google assistant Gemini aren't the best assistant out there 😂😂😂 What is then and please please please don't say Siri apple intelligence because that is awful all Siri does is open web pages it's probably the worse one out there Alexa is very limited do t know why people buy them over Google home nest products

[@Mruniverse21_]

Trust me: Get yourself the nothing Ear (a) All these features less wireless charging for just $90

[@FinneasJedidiah]

CMF Pro 2 earbuds

[@flyingbanana9712]

yall are bots lmao

[@jejunamja]

​@@FinneasJedidiahsorry what is CMF?

[@guybrushtwood]

Wait….you did a full review on an earbud and didn’t even mention the sound?? You basically just told us everything we could read in the manual. Awful review

[@waddellvision]

Did you even watch the full video? He definitely talks about the sound.

[@rolins3279]

Average ANC quality, average sound 🔊 quality, quality of phone calls in noisy environments poor at best average... , in reality, the $100-$150 extra you pay for this Pixel Buds Pro 2 (yes they're not worth more and are not better than 90% of the $50-$80 earbuds), you just pay for the "G" logo 🤧 🚶🏽‍♂️ 🚶🏽‍♂️ 🚶🏽‍♂️

[@newfnshow031]

Google makes some of the quietest earbuds on the market you have been warned

[@Louis_Bautista]

I have the Pixel Buds A and I never go past like 40% volume on them and they're still plenty loud for me. How loudly do you guys listen to music?

[@INoisyaI]

Wow, not having LDAC in 2024, that's stupid for flagship earbuds... So, waiting for Linkbuds S2, i guess...

[@randomlygeneratedletterstring]

well not all flagship earbuds support LDAC. i think its only sony earbuds then just select other earbuds.

[@INoisyaI]

@@randomlygeneratedletterstring not all, and that's the problem today

[@randomlygeneratedletterstring]

@@INoisyaI I feel like lossless audio would be more important to get than ldac