Google new AirPods Pro wannabes, the “Pixel Buds Pro,” go on sale Thursday for $199. CNBC’s Sofia Pitt has been testing them for the past several days and found them to be inferior to Apple’s iconic AirPods Pro.
When toggling between my AirPods Pro and Pixel Buds Pro while listening to the first minute of Billie Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes,” the bass seemed a little too loud on Google’s Buds, with the slightest hint of feedback.
The Pixel Buds Pro are hypersensitive to touch. The outside surface of the buds responds if you touch it to pause a song, for example. It’s convenient if you want to just skip a music track while you’re walking. But I was listening to a podcast while resting my head on a pillow and the slightest movement of my head caused the podcast to stop. I often fall asleep with my AirPods Pro in my ears and they’ve never performed like that.
It’s also not as easy to find a lost set of the Pixel Buds Pro as it is with the rival AirPods. Google’s headphones have to be connected to an Android phone. But, with AirPods, the Find My app will show you the last known location, even if they’re no longer connected to your iPhone.
And the microphones weren’t that great, either. My husband said it sounded “like you’re on speaker phone” when I made a test call to him. He said he could hear me pretty well but that I sounded slightly distant.
We tried FaceTiming and video chatting on WhatsApp, too. I was frequently adjusting the Pixel Buds Pro in my ears because the fit didn’t feel as natural like my AirPods Pro does. When I fidgeted, he could hear unpleasant feedback.
The AirPods Pro work just as seamlessly with an Android device as they do with an iOS device, so I do prefer the AirPods Pro.
MacDailyNews Take: Makes perfect sense: inferior wannabe Apple earbuds for users of inferior wannabe iPhones.
Bottom line: Yet another stellar review for Apple’s AirPods Pro (28% off, $179.99 via Amazon).
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Makes perfect sense: inferior wannabe AppleBSCynics are ultimately just proponents of inferior wannabe iPhones.
Stupid is as stupid does, you don’t get more stupid than the AppleBSCynic twins, whose most coherent contribution to any conversation is the word “Apple”.
The rest is just psycho babble, spoken in an attempt to sound relevant and insightful.
Key word here is “attempt”.
As radical as the Krill, as blunt as the Moclan, there is little hope of rehabilitation for either, for they’re as brainwashed as the Borg.
Thus endeth the AppleBSCynic twins saga. These folks will never change. Apple could become a clone of Google or Microsoft or Ubuntu or whoever and it wouldn’t be enough. It will never be enough to appease and please the BStwins.
The line into abject stupidity by the tiresome twins has been crossed so many times it’s like we’re playing a fourth dimensional version of tic tac toe.
The anti-AppleBStwins rant is over. Normal programming will resume and I’ll do my best to never bring these more ons up again, because less is more and that’s enough.
If you take an eeediot to a motivational course in the hope of educating them, sadly all you end up with 99.99999% of the time is just a bunch of motivated eeeeediots.
The AppleBSCynic are very motivated, that’s for sure.
AC says bye.
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Paranoid MDN shadow boxing again?
As part of the Al-Gebra terrorist organization, sambeckyfirstwhatever, you have a tendency to go off on tangents instead of sticking to your publicly declared mission. If you can’t hold an on-topic discussion without lashing out at others, you should go back to kindergarten and learn some basic manners.
I’ve no connection to GoeB, First Then or whoever. You are deluded. That is all.
It is no delusion to watch you endlessly flailing against other users on this board. Never helpful or useful content EVER. So yes, you have everything in common with the other MDN supported troll.
No. No you moronic fool. I have ceased flailing against the moron twins, so kindly eff. They are morons and will always stay that way and it will be interesting to see their continued BS, but that’s it from time. Those fools, like you, have beaten me with your experience at being fools.
I will leave you and them to mindless anti-Apple delusion. Peace out, keep using Apple even though you hate it, ACBS.
Good riddance!
The article says the bass seems a little too loud on Google’s Buds. This is unfortunately true for a number of wireless earbuds. You may hear that on Apple’s Beats too. Of course the sound of music is in the ear of the beholder but trying to punch bass is a target to the younger crowd. I suspect all of us liked more bass when we were younger. But it rarely come without cost of the right mix of low mid and high frequencies perfectly blended. Maybe it takes some years before that blend of low medium and high frequency is appreciated more than bass punch?
With that said, Apple’s AirPods Pro first generation is falling behind recent competitors. Apple is overdue for a new generation with improved drivers, processing, compression tech. Considering Apple puts A LOT into sound science as well as smart functionality, Apple AirPods Pro should be better than Google. Google likely outsources most of this r&d. IMHO Apple should be embarrassed if they weren’t. But I expect the new generation AirPods Pro plus to be pretty much the best on the market when they arrive. Not only in sound but functionality. That was largely true when generation one came out. But If generation 2 isn’t pretty much best on the market then it is a clear miss by Apple that spends all that money on sound science studios and labs.
The tedious twins have crossed the line into blatant ignorance so frequently that it seems like we are playing a fourth-dimensional version of tic tac toe.
The tirade against AppleBStwins is ended. We’ll get back to business as usual, and I’ll try to never bring up these add ons again because less is more and enough is enough.
Good riddance!
This is if not one of the worst articles I have ever read. Not only is it completely biased and almost impossible to read due to the abomination of an article it is, but it simply isn’t true. Has someone who has both, I’m telling you now Not only do the pixel buds fit better and feel a lot more comfortable. They also last longer and have a much better charging pod. Apple might have a better sound quality for certain sounds, but overall the pixel buds definitely are better for long-term use. Anything more than an hour and you’re going to wish you had to pixel ones. Whoever wrote this should be fired and lose their ability to write articles forever.