Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: not perfect, but Google’s best yet

[@BeccaFarsace]

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[@NetvoTV]

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[@e3vL1]

Not a fan of ridge wallet having owned in the past. It's a good gift card/barely used card holder you keep in your desk, but as a main wallet it's suboptimal at best

[@Olando89]

The Verge does not know what it has lost. Great video.

[@mr.johnson460]

Was she formerly with Verge?

[@DeadPiixxel]

@@mr.johnson460 yes

[@hummingbird71]

4:37 Lol, THANK YOU for including mic tests for wired buds. Just objectively better sound quality, no words needed, not even a mention later.

[@_sourgrapes_]

the wired apple earbuds were STELLAR for mic quality. the wireless buds all sounded terrible in comparison! :(

[@BeccaFarsace]

thisssss ☝️☝️

[@Bash_McLane]

Agreed, all wired mics are better. But for their ability to instantaneously send our voices through the air to our phones at any quality is pretty cool. And as a parent to real young ones, the ability to pop one earbud in on the fly while holding a sleepy toddler is so worth the cost of mic quality. 😂

[@whatisdelicious]

@@Bash_McLane yeah it's all situational. if i'd like to prioritize sound or mic quality, i go wired. if i think a cord might be an impediment, i'll go with my airpods. so much nicer just having and using both when appropriate rather than treating either as the end-all, be-all.

[@matthewrudomin]

Agreed, the wired microphone was far the best!

[@SergioInzunza]

​@@Bash_McLaneThis dad couldn't agree more. 😅

[@flawedhypothesis]

The wired earbuds reveal how badly we’ve been robbed

[@ericrrdz]

Yup. Picking up usb-c wired apple earpods for $20 is a bargain for any android user.

[@dominicamoakobaah9516]

​@@ericrrdzPost the link

[@andrewstone1222]

Seriously, You are blowing it out of the water!! This is an amazing review and I just love your wisdom and fun you have. Thank you for sharing your experience and your world! Love watching.

[@samuelbock8550]

Every time a comparison is done, it’s amazing how good the wired earbuds are. Mic placement is everything, there’s no getting around the fact that having the mic right in front of your face will be better than in your ears. I prefer wireless. I don’t have a pair of wired earbuds anymore. But, facts are facts!

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Hey, dude. I’m doing well! I hope you’re doing well, too! ❤

[@_WF23]

Dude…😂

[@zebtron]

You do such a great job on your videos. The solo work is superb! Keep it going, please. I am a big fan. Much love.

[@TabbyStar8462]

We have our first earbuds mic test on this channel! Always love to see the wired Apple earpods crushing the wireless competition (even outdoors this time)

[@ajmarkk]

Thank you for not finishing the google bit of "Hey Google"!!

[@shethsa]

Great video! Always had these points about gemini on my mind but you're the first person who I've heard saying it in clear terms! Not sure whether I should renew my expensive subscription to gemini advanced. It's fun, but expensive! Just got the pixel buds pro 2 yesterday. Fit is amazing, anc is great too (almost on par with my bose qc2s) and transparency is great with low occlusion (frankly even the bose qc2s have decent transparency). Love your informal & informative style of reviewing.

[@TomDixonMN]

9:42 "get earbuds that fit" sounds simple but one thousand percent this!! I've fought fit and it just never gets better does it. Your suggestion to return if they don't feel right in the first day is right on! Good stuff.

[@RJayRoberts]

Great review. The wired Apple buds killing it with the mic test again. lol. I've had the Pixel Buds Pro 2 for a bit now and they're definitely nicer than the last generation. They do fit better - the first in-ear buds that don't actually bother me, actually, and with the default tips. Sound quality and ANC are good enough for me. I still like the Samsung Buds Live (the beans) a bit better still, I think, but it is a close one.

[@kdhawan2000]

Im surprised u didnt talk about how good the transparency mode was!

[@BeccaFarsace]

holy cow, I completely left that out--thanks for the heads up! I guess it's just so good that I totally forgot about it. +10 points

[@kdhawan2000]

@BeccaFarsace haha yes I upgraded from the buds pro to pro 2 and I found the upgrade to be the biggest in that regard!

[@TECHDROIDSYT]

Notification Squad Assemble here!!

[@BeccaFarsace]

ahhh squadddd

[@Dannithetechie]

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[@quotacular]

❤

[@JeremiahPeoples]

Love the updated thumbnail 😊

[@meccadon52]

I watch a lot of tech KZbinrs and you seem soooo genuine, I had to subscribe. Keep being you. It shows on camera

[@mr.johnson460]

1st time ever (that I know of) coming across a "Becca Fersace" video! Great job 100,000+ subs later!

[@ilibraci]

OMG I just received mine yesterday lol. I am so curious to see your review, but so far I am loving them

[@Tnmyes]

I simply love how Becca reviews gadgets when she is an expert in the matter and tells us every little detail; instead of just reviewing the same script right after the tool is recently out. Keep up the good job! PS: You got my vote on the Creator's awards!

[@tomas19132]

Thanks for the review Becca!

[@padhatam]

I think most people would be willing to give up privacy for situational awareness. The tech community and people who are very online are much more concerned than normies like my family members who don’t even know there are privacy settings in iOS.

[@heyitsaif]

I would be willing to trade mine for These features

[@padhatam]

@ agree. In the past, the benefits of trading away your privacy were less clear, but if your AI assistant can tell you to hurry up on your walk to the train station because the train is arriving soon, or remember to pick up spinach at the grocery store because you googled that recipe earlier in the day, or to make a dinner reservation for your anniversary at that restaurant your wife said she really wanted to go to in an email thread from several months ago, then it will be worth it to many people. Privacy can sometimes be a commodity. People will give you theirs if they get enough in return for it.

[@heyitsaif]

@padhatam i highly believe the promise of using small llm model on device along with the big one on cloud can easily do that stuff without breaking the privacy condition. Your local llm could be situational aware and just send complex queries to cloud without exposing your all email history and message between your spouse and also your location. While complex queries can be offloaded go Gemini

[@griffielliott279]

Exactly, I don't care 🤷🏻‍♂️I should be an option for those willing and the ones not so willing

[@ShwetaManohar]

"normies" tend to care once they are made aware

[@eirikbergner5974]

i just got mine as an upgrade to the buds A, i am ultra happy with them

[@malcontent_1]

Very fair review. My last gen PBPs have solid mics & good audio, but fit is frustrating. Getting my PBP2s from Amazon tomorrow on a sneaky -$50 BF sale. (I _rarely_ use Gemini)

[@syedhamidi5643]

Your video is always satisfying and cool

[@shivamlahare.]

Love your tech reviews the most on YouTub. Keep going ♥

[@_tomch]

If only we had a way to get even better sound quality, better mic quality, and battery life that matches the device you’re using. Heck, I’d even be willing to compromise losing Bluetooth and having some sort of, cable… Love the vid Becca, appreciate you too

[@jesusalberto3145]

Not gonna lie, they're expensive. But I like em. The problem is when I buy cheap headphones they sound like crap and don't last. These Pixel Buds Pro 2 sound legit. they're light and fit in my ear perfectly.

[@Up_the_Pugs]

I really like these Buds, I just made the switch from iPhone to the PPF9 and these headphones. And i love them.

[@kevinmikulaj]

Another great review! You have a very Informative, expressive, and fun delivery that is enjoyable to listen to. Keep it up!

[@mrcraggle]

I managed to get the PBP2 as part of deal with the Pixel 9 Pro XL. I will say that they are significantly better than the originals. As much as I wanted to like them, they just weren't very comfortable, no matter what I tried and I believe that has a significant effect on the sound quality. I now wear the Buds Pro 2 almost constantly throughout the day and I can wear them for hours at a time with little to no fatigue. That wasn't the case with the originals where I constantly felt like they weren't sitting in my ears correctly. The audio pass through is also significantly improved where I can have conversations easily while leaving them in.

[@disco_bard]

True buds like Becca know you dont go saying smart home hot words in your videos 💖

[@NegyedMisi]

We were on a road trip earlier this summer and Gemini could have been useful for stuff like "what do you know about this bridge I am crossing right now" but without Gemini knowing our location (probably it is not allowed yet for security concerns) this does not work. So you have to know the name of the bridge (or taking a photo) and then asking more about it.

[@BeccaFarsace]

right?! I want to break out my Ray-Ban Meta glasses again and do the same sort of NYC exploring. The camera on those allows the AI assistant to see what you want to know more about, and throughout this testing, I just kept wishing I was wearing them. I also could have done the same with Google Lens, but that would require directly interfacing with a screen.

[@NegyedMisi]

@@BeccaFarsace These AI assistants should be able to work based on GPS location - but again, I think it's a security concern.

[@SkopesTropes]

Hey bud, just fyi its beck and call. Love the channel ✌️

[@DenizBender]

Pretty good video. Loved your eating an apple with buds in fit test.

[@olusojimarsh8539]

Pleasant voice. Wonderful content. Subbed.

[@adrianfrg]

You know, I was really looking forward to this review! Thanks for your honest feedback and the mic test. I think I'll take advantage of the Black Friday discount to buy these 😁

[@sagarkandel987]

0:56 After seeing the thumbnail, I was expecting that "Bud" from ya.😅 Thanks Bud!

[@techblastt]

We love that you call us buds, feels great. And your audio products reviews is the best so far.

[@jonathanscherer7482]

Google Assistant used to be far more intuitive and helpful like you're talking about. I remember with my Moto X (Classic) how much of that simple stuff was just done. "Oh, you usually go to work this time. There's some traffic on your route. You might want to leave 5 minutes early." There were so many little features like this that just "were." You didn't have to set them up as much as they were integrated seamlessly into the device. Were you in your car driving? It would detect this and go into hands free driving mode. I find that is very hit or miss with modern Pixel phones and Google Assistant. The old phone's version of assistant used to do a lot offline, not needing to connect to the network, or cloud. I even remember intuitive things like around calendar items, as far as even notifications about weather that might impact you. There wasn't so much random news being fed into your phone, it was more curated, related to what you really needed or wanted to know. I've always used Google-designed phones since the Moto X, and the initial way Google Assistant and features worked was so much better than with modern incarnations. I can't understand how they've gone backward so much, comparatively.

[@adobomoto]

your channel is inspiring. my new favorite tech reviewer!

[@iced_benjamin]

LOVE your videos thx for a anther great one! (btw i voted for u cuz i think the other dont deserve it as much as u 💗)

[@HIGHRISH420]

All the things you were complaining about with Gemini were mostly fixed with new android 15 update on my pixel 9 pro xl.

[@arfr3567]

Although not the main topic of your review, you have done the best review of the Gemini BS than other phone (bs) reviewers. Thanks

[@mandroid5678]

Pixel Buds Pro were so incompatible with the shape of my ear, I'm reluctant to order these. Apple Airpods Pro 2 and Anker Liberty 4 NC (or whatever they're called) just fit so much more comfortably.

[@Cleverconveyence]

I had the same issue. These fit much better.

[@BigBampot]

Same but Buds Pro 2 are completely different. I hated Pro 1, they just did not fit me. I used Airpods Pro 1 with Android for years. But these are so comfy and invisible to me that I was finally able to get more compatible headphones for my Pixel phone.

[@briando8150]

Wireless mic technology is instant vocal teleportation to anywhere in the world! We dont think of it that way, but its incredible that it works at all. The quality is worse for sure because of the circumstances, but we definitely take how cool it is for granted.

[@alex-coelho]

Hey Becca, nice video! I missed the good old buds playlists with the songs you listened to test PBP2

[@kibrankhan2727]

I appreciate you so much too bud. You can count on my vote!

[@MatthiasGarner]

It's amazing, in the mic test, how much the wired airpods hold up

[@krazyfrog]

Twice she said something that should be "beck and call" but it sounded like beckin and call?

[@bodysuit1134]

I totally feel ya on mixing up right and left! Lol

[@mford1974]

Nice review......the pixel bud pro 2's are way better yhan the original ones, especially the fit. I hated the originals on their fit. As an avid music /earbud person, I have several pair of buds that I should have taken back immediately after buying them, bc of the fit/weight of them. Keep up the good work.....

[@kodre]

That's my favorite Gemini voice!

[@DNGY]

Afrobeat music at the start gave me chills... awesome choice! Edit - the whole video is filled with afrobeat... i love it!

[@tedthomas6050]

Hey Becca, Great video as usual. I have one major no go with all wireless air buds. I will never pay $120. plus for a product you throw away after 2- 3 years because the battery died. To all think different not the Apple way. Make decent wireless earbud with replaceable batteries.

[@MF_OXF]

Great fit and definitely amongst the best first party ones even if they don't have the highest end codecs

[@iMax1975]

I want an all knowing A.I.! If I need a second assistant, then I'm firing the first assistant.

[@EugenioTrainer]

Voted! Good luck; you are the best

[@bryllereasol2649]

The best implementation of AI I'd like would be from the Horizon games, where they just seemingly know everything and can adapt to you, instead of having to adapt to it

[@madyati]

As far as I used, it remembers the conversation

[@ry8an25oliver93]

I fixed the multipoint issue on windows by disabling Bluetooth LE / low energy in Windows

[@ThomasXavierMonroe]

Just voted. Well deserved for all the hard work Becca does.

[@RVDL]

Voted for you in the Rode Creator Awards 🥇. Let's hope you win in your category!

[@octane_199]

Please change the aspect ratio of the video when I zoom in, the video crops out

[@TheLiAnnChronicles]

Great video as always, saw you speak yesterday at Sony Creative space, so inspiring! Keep it up!!

[@madhurjo.karmaker]

Stopped the video to vote for you. Continued the video soon after.

[@Gle-lv2fm]

The buds bud is back!

[@OneDollarWilliam]

I know this is a weird thought to have, but have we maybe reached a point with tech where we say "good enough is good enough"? If making the voice assistant speak more naturally requires pumping a bunch of carbon into the atmosphere, I can be fine with the one already on my phone. As for figuring out things based on their data, Google doesn't even seem particularly good at telling me about the world based on what's already happening (more than once I have asked Google for the weather without thinking to look out the window to find myself stepping out into the rain on a "partly cloudy" day, or been told that I'll be in traffic for eight minutes; a number which never changes even after eight minutes have long passed). Call it AI or an algorithm, the systems are still really bad at interpreting the real world, and Google seems to be actively getting worse at it.

[@asifahmed5701]

Hey! Can you look at Motorola's buds plus sound by bose could be a great deal for the price

[@stephenzhu57]

FYI, the EQ settings you found on Reddit are for Pixel Buds Pro not Pixel Buds Pro 2. The wired buds' mic quality is much better, hope someday the wireless buds can catch up

[@thyagraj8787]

never clicked so fast. one of the best youtuber out there. lover your videos.

[@fitnesschefen]

Which has best ANC? These or AirPods Pro 2?

[@AmeerBabu-vf2sp]

“Becca problems” might be the best new series ig

[@DavidImel]

My favorite new earbuds

[@sheuphorica7417]

Does anyone can explain to me, why the mic of the wired headphones sound so much better?

[@kabaneri2]

No disrespect.. but I thought I was watching a the verge video.. until I saw the channel. Again no disrespect.. great job. Very good video.

[@edsc86]

Becca, which are your favorite buds right now to use on an android??

[@_iboji]

I sometimes think I lived in some alternate reality where Google Now (like the OLD google now dashboard you'd see when you would swipe left) didn't do a lot of the very things you wish Gemini would. Like (living in DC) I distinctly remember it correctly surfacing the next train as a card to get to work which i had identified in google maps. I remember it surfacing tickets from my email I had bought the evening of on the way to a venue. I remember it just surfacing useful information!! Then it all went away and all I get are bad articles about things I don't care about and Gemini refusing to tell me anything useful all for the cost of all of our electricity and fresh water.

[@_iboji]

I didn't make this up! MKBHD has a video going over it in detail from 11 years ago !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnLWZ6yHiqiepNE how is Gemini *LESS* functional now!?

[@Pacobravo16]

Is crazy how good is the "airpods with cable" mic

[@stupid8911]

I'm here for the proof of wired headset superiority, 🙂. Good job on the video, Becca. Keep up the good work, ❤

[@mandyfarsace7775]

Nothing beats wired headphone mics. I don't leave home without my AirPods and my wired headphones. I wish wired headphones had noise cancellation because I would just take those, but I can't hear my audiobook well on the subway with wired headphones.

[@raizel29]

What's the ANC difference between these and the galaxy buds 3 pro?😅

[@BrianHartman]

Great review as always, Becca. :) To be honest, the thing I find frustrating about Gemini is how *safe* Google's playing it. If you ask it a question about which e-reader is best, it'll give you opinions based on some analysis someone did. But ask it a question about the 2024 election -- even one that has a factual answer and no subjectivity -- and it won't answer the question.

[@MarineX]

Gemini sounds like an agreeable relationship

[@JoshxDarnxIt]

YEE! This is the video I was waiting for. Sounds like the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are just better. Better sound, better mics, better noise cancellation. Only reason I haven't bought any is the lack of multipoint. Samsung really missed the boat on that one.

[@Fozzee.1970]

The Galaxy Buds Pro 3 have better mics due to the stems but imo the Pixel Buds Pro 2 are just as good if not better with sound and ANC. You have to weigh up the various features. I would say if you have a Samsung phone get the pixel buds and if you have a Pixel or any other android phone get the Pixel Buds. The Pixel Buds also sit in the ear more securely if that matters to you.

[@AminKhalighi]

can you review JBL Tour Pro 3 buds too? they have some unique features which is interesting

[@andresoares6005]

Are they better than the elite jabra 10 gen2 or 8gen2??

[@rishabhgusain]

the fact that apple earpods are a standard for mic testing, still use them as daily

[@patrykstefaniuk]

Can you provide a link to the equalizer settings you found on Reddit and mention in the video? 🙏

[@patrykstefaniuk]

7:15 😉

[@AnthonyGale]

I really like my Buds Pro 2s. All versions of the buds fit and stay in my ear much better than the air pods and in the mic tests, the Pros sounded better than the air pods, at least to me.

[@fiddlefiver]

We have a new Buds review , with ou best Bud , Becka :D YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[@svcross-do]

Can you test the Oneplus Buds pro 3?

[@BobbyMully]

Can I get some details on translation features they're advertising? That's important for me to help me better understand my Korean in-laws. I'm sad to say it's maybe not that perfect yet.

[@RavenPH12]

Yooo! I see what you did there with taking a leaf off of TheUnlockr’s page with location trivia. Lovely 💚

[@jamesehanson]

Another Great Video Becca (voted BTW) 👍

[@esgee3829]

some alt protips for washington square park: go hungry and get a dosa from thiru's dosa cart. and watch out for the fentanyl users if you have to use the bathrooms.

[@johnboy8705]

I voted for you bud 😊

[@DanielMena]

I have these and from a running perspective not sure they are it. For other reasons yes, but not as an active user with ANC on. Every step while running has the ANC popping. This is verified in some Reddit threads but sad that different ear tips hasn't solved this one. Haven't seen reviewers use it on runs.

[@imopn]

The multipoint issues are disappointing. I use a variety of devices including windows laptops for work, mac at home and android mobile. And its crazy how bad some devices are at multipoint in 2024. Really hope this gets improved in years to come and adds more than 2 devices it can connect with at the same time. I'd love it to connect to 4 devices seamlessly. Also thank you for the mic tests. I use buds for work calls and its shocking how bad some mics still are. And how bad they are at filtering bacgrounbd noise out when you not connected to a pixel.