Google announces the new Pixel Buds A with a surprising feature set

Today, Google announced the Pixel Buds A. The feature set and the price point are not what I expected at all. The price is much lower than I originally thought and they kept most if not all of the features that really matter. The one feature Google removed that I am not a fan of is the swiping feature for volume up and down. The taps to play/pause and skipping tracks are still there. But at $99 these earphones sound like a really good deal. I ordered the Dark Olive color and will be doing a comparison against my 2020 Pixel Buds.

Tech specs can be found below.

Sweat & Water Resistant

Sweat and water resistant

Connectivity

Each earbud

Bluetooth® 5.0

Audio

Each earbud

Custom-designed 12mm dynamic speaker driver

Passive noise reduction

Spatial vent for in-ear pressure reduction and spatial awareness

Voice

Each earbud

Dual beamforming microphones

Battery

Earbuds: up to 5 hours of listening time or up to 2.5 hours of talk time

Earbuds with charging case: Up to 24 hours of listening time with case, or up to 12 hours of talk time

15-minute charge of earbuds in the charging case delivers up to 3 hours of listening time or up to 1.5 hour of talk time

Charging

Charging case

USB-C® charging port

Sensors

Each earbud

Capacitive touch sensors for music, calls, and Assistant controls

Single IR proximity sensor for in-ear detection to play and pause automatically

Motion-detecting accelerometer

Charging case

Hall Effect sensor for case close detection

Colors

Clearly White

Dark Olive

Link(s)

Google Store

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