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Google along with the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL smartphones, Google Pixelbook with Pixelbook Pen, New Daydream View, Home Mini, Home Max as well as the Google Clips Camera, launched the Goole Pixel Buds at its media event in San Francisco.
Here are the first “Made By Google” wireless earphones with support for Google Assistant that gets activated when you touch and hold the right earbud so that you can play music, make a phone call, or get directions without touching the phone.
The Google Pixel Buds are powered by Google Assistant, the virtual assistant from the company. This will allow users to ask the Google Pixel Buds any question via voice command and have them answered without ever typing a word on the phone. Similarly, much like the AirPods, you can also ask the Google Pixel Buds to play a track.
Google Pixel Buds don’t have any buttons, but they support gestures for interface and control. A user touch and hold the right earbud to call up the Assistant; can swipe forward or backward on either of the Pixel Buds to control the volume; tap on either of the buds to play or pause the music they are listening to, as well as tap and say ‘next’ or ‘previous’ to change tracks in the playlist.
The earbuds also support the AAC codec, for High-res Audio. The microphone is on the right earbud for beamforming and only begins when the user taps on the earbud. For an ‘instant connection’, the earphones buffer audio, the company revealed.
It is not truly wireless, as they do feature a cord between the two earbuds. It also supports the real-time multi-lingual translation. As Google explains, “Say you’re in Little Italy, and you want to order your pasta like a pro. All you have to do is hold down on the right earbud and say, ‘Help me speak Italian.’ As you talk, your Pixel phone’s speaker will play the translation in Italian out loud. When the waiter responds in Italian, you’ll hear the translation through your Pixel Buds.” The feature works in 40 languages, but, only with Pixel smartphones.
The Google Pixel Buds come with a case, which houses a battery of its own. That case will beam up to 24 hours of listening time on the Google Pixel Buds, the company claims. It will connect with supported devices with ease. Google Pixel Buds price is $159 and is available in Kinda Blue, Just Black, and Clearly White colors.
