DON'T Buy The Google Pixel Buds

The Google Pixel Buds are a cool concept but the execution feels a little underwhelming. For me, the fit isn't ideal and the lack of a fully wireless design puts them a step behind other options. The translation potential is HUGE but at the moment functionality is almost identical to the Google translate app on it's own. Hopefully generation 2 addresses some of these shortcomings to help justify the price tag. At this point I wouldn't recommend buying the Google Pixel Buds.
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[Daver]

So this was a review for Google Translate, not the Pixel Buds.

[frustywitanegg]

"the sound quality is better than AirPods"

"the google translate is horrible"


"don't buy the google buds"


hm

[androidlover]

Unboxtherapy: Don't buy these!
Me: Ordering them

[chrispybaconbruh]

Why does this dude facepalm literally in every thumbnail even if it's a positive video? 💀

[EffoVexx]

People: I wish they were wireless

Also people: I’m so tired of loosing them bring back the wires!




Me: Can you guys stop complaining? Either you have the wires or it’s wireless and you lose them.


MAKE UP YOUR MIND

[jeponds-]

Lmao when he said : "hey Google, what can you do?" my google home responded

[caspar]

How can you write "DON´T Buy The Google Pixel Buds" when in the video you then say that they actually sound better than the airpods. I mean the Pixel Buds are earphones! Sound quality is literally the most important thing about them.

Oh and totally wireless is soooo impractical! When you use earphones like the Pixel Buds and have to talk to someone or something like that (or cross the street etc.) you can just remove one or both of them and let them hang around your neck with the totally wireless option you then have one or two earphones in your hand with no where to put them.

Also when using the translation feature you are only testing google translate not the earphones so really there is no point in evaluating the earphones based on this feature.

[TardyTardigrade]

Am I the only one who's like, I don't want noise cancellation for my casual earphones and also want to hear what's going on around me

[stevenhammerle]

I actually like having a wire between both ear buds. So you dont lose them as easily

[Jamie-lxdj]

GUYS DONT BY THESE HEADPHONES AT ALL COST

Why?

Cuz google translate doesnt work

[livbuczek]

When he said "hey Google" it turned mine on oops

[logangleason]

The translate thing isn't the pixel buds fault it's Google's bad translation software. It uses individual words not the phrase so it translates weird.

[UnPhayzable]

Listening to Lou speak Chinese was more satisfying than looking at the Pixel Buds

[charleshustedt]

When he said "hey Google" my Google assistant came on lol

[CKTDanny]

I really wish they were more elegant, I was really rooting for Google last year.

[adamlamar]

I'm loving mine!
1. Only wireless but that stays in my right ear while eating.
3. I like the cable. Anyone who has had to dive under airline seats to find a truly wireless bud that fell out while asleep during a flight can appreciate this..
4. They sound great to me

[wallflee]

why is everyone in his team so akward and shy... i hope jack brings some new freshness to the vibe

[CartyCreative]

I dont see how they aren't competitive with Airpods, and this is coming from someone with Airpods and an iPhone etc.
-Them not being noise canceling isn't a 'flaw' its a choice. I have Jaybird Bluebuds which are great but when I need to hear the outside world like at work, I bought Airpods for that reason. If you are supposed to speak to them for assistant, or have a conversation with Google Translate, then you don't want noise cancellation. For those reasons, and the fact that the Airpods are also not noise canceling, I don't think thats a good reason.
-Listing the cable connecting them as a 'flaw' is another choice by them. Tons of people prefer that over completely wireless, cause they think you won't lose one. I dont mind either way, like I said, I have one of each. But thats not a flaw its a choice.
-They are both wireless, both not noise canceling, both have a charging case with the same battery, both have good UI for connecting to their respective phones, both talk to their voice assistant, Google can do translate. I really don't see how they are not the same, and perfectly recommendable.
The biggest 'flaw' I saw here was with Google Translate, and thats about the translate app not the earbuds. And Google Translate is fantastic. It has tons of languages as you said, but you have to realize what you're saying and how you'd actually use it. If you need to navigate and get by in another country, the vocabulary you'd use would work perfectly well. If you start dropping expressions, colloquialisms, complex sentences that you can guess won't directly translate, then yeah it starts to falter, but thats not how it will usually be used, it still gets the point across most of the time, and it doesn't REALLY have to do with the earbuds, other than its a selling point, but probably not the main one, and definitely not the most used feature.

Love your videos, just disagree with this one.

[adityashukla]

they are more like a smart helpful tool rather than being a audio centered earphones