Google Pixel Buds A-Series Wireless Earbuds – Dark Olive

I was kind of skeptical at first when I decided to buy these – there were other earbuds I was considering at the time at around the same price range, and I had a pair of $20 buds at home that were still somewhat working. But, I decided to take a shot and honestly, I’m really surprised with how well these work.

Bluetooth communication between the buds and my Pixel 6 have been amazing outside of one weird incident towards the beginning where music was choppy, but a quick restart on my phone fixed that. I’ve left my phone in my office a few times, and I can get a pretty good distance before noticing dropouts too, so it’s nice not to always need the phone on my hip for these to work. Though, these do not support multipoint – afraid if you want to connect to multiple devices at the same time with a Pixel bud, you’ll need to step up to the Pixel Buds Pro.

Audio quality has been really good as well. I’m no audiophile by any means, but I do listen to a lot of EDM/Techno/Jazz and nothing really sounds muted. There is a setting to do Bass Boost within the Bluetooth settings that silently get installed when pairing the Buds for the first time to your phone, but I’ve yet to experiment with it. ANC isn’t a feature on here, but just the fit of the earbuds do isolate the music to some degree from the world around. And the fit was surprisingly comfortable – the extra wing of support keeps the buds in place well that I rarely have to adjust them.

Lastly, I was kind of worried about the battery before purchasing. I’d prefer something that would last my whole work day, and surprisingly, these do! Mind you, I typically only have a single bud in while I’m working because a lot of people walk into my office, but I’ll swap buds around lunch time when it starts to get low on battery. They charge quickly – I’d say I could pull out my bud in about 20 minutes to it being mostly, if not fully charged. From this, I’d say I get about a week’s worth of battery charge with the case.

My only major complaint is that I hate that there’s no tactile buttons on the buds themselves. You have to tap the G on your earbuds to bring up the Assistant, stop/play music, etc. but sometimes I’ll be tapping all around the bud just trying to find that sweet spot because touch detection can be a little iffy. But, compared to my previous earbud set, this is a significant upgrade.

Note: These do not have active noise cancellation! Only the pixel buds 2 have that

I have these and I just purchased them for my wife because I think they’re great. I love how subtle they are, and fit almost flush with the ear. I hate earbuds that stick way out of the ear, so these are perfect. And the stabilizer bar keeps them secure. The sound is great and super clear, but the battery life could be better. I seem to get maybe 2 hours of continuous use. However, I only use one headphone at a time, most of the time, so that could be doubled If you were to do that. I feel like I get more charges out of the case than it says in the description as well.
They’re very easy to connect to any phone. I have a pixel device but my wife does not and her headphones connected right away. I’m also a fan of the features. When you take them out it’ll pause music or videos, when you put them back in it’ll start playing again. I just wish it had the volume function like the more expensive pixel buds, where you could swipe the volume up and down on the headphone. . Definitely worth the money

I dropped the case in water. Shook it, dried it out in rice and still works flawlessly. Absolutely best value for your buck. Stable, perfect sound, comfortable. 9.5-10

I love the noise cancelling. These are all around worth the money!! Thank you all so much for this product! It connected almost automatically with my pixel phone and it literally takes a fraction of a second to connect when I take them out of the case. So super satisfied!! The charging capabilities are great!! I love green so this is perfect for me. The size is perfect! The quality of how well it works is 💯. Olive green is cute!

Love these, still going strong after a year.