With significant improvements in design, sound quality, noise cancellation and smart features, Pixel Buds Pro 2 brings a completely new music listening experience, captivating users at first sight.
1. Compact, comfortable and fashionable design
The Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 headset makes a strong impression with its compact design and is significantly lighter than its predecessor. This contributes to absolute comfort when worn for long periods of time. The manufacturer used high-quality materials, creating a luxurious and sturdy feel. The version reviewed in this article has Porcelain color (porcelain color), a combination of white and black, creating an elegant and sophisticated appearance. In addition, the product also has other color options such as black, pink and green.
The design is significantly smaller and lighter than its predecessor (Photo: Christian de Looper).
The charging case has a vertical cylindrical design, open on the shorter side, held firmly by a powerful magnet. USB-C port and loudspeaker Located on the bottom, the status LED is on the front, while the back has a built-in wireless charging coil and pairing button. The overall design of the charging box is very sturdy and luxurious.
The charging box has a small, pocket-friendly design (Photo: Christian de Looper).
The highlight of the design is the compactness of the headset. The reality is much smaller than the image, especially thanks to the clever color combination, making the headphones feel even smaller than their actual size. The rounded design cleverly avoids touching the touch area when adjusting the in-ear headphones.
Google equipped with small “wings” to help the headset stay securely in the ear, even during vigorous exercise. Just place the headphones in your ears in the usual way and turn the back down to lock securely. Removing the headset in/out of the charging box is also very easy thanks to the rounded design.
2. Excellent sound quality, diverse customizations
The sound quality of headphones is a subjective factor, depending on each person’s preferences. However, the important point is the ability to customize the sound through equalizer and sound realism. Compared to Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds – one of the leading headphones, Pixel Buds Pro 2 delivers excellent, natural and clear sound quality, meeting expectations in the price segment of around 5 million VND.
Pixel Buds Pro 2 has clear, natural sound (Photo: Christian de Looper).
Powerful bass, clear mids and smooth treble create the perfect balance. The headphones perform well with many genres of music, from strong music like deathcore to gentle jazz. While the sound was excellent, the reviewer wished for a little more detail.
The Pixel Buds app provides preset presets and a graphic equalizer for users to customize the sound to their preferences. Experience above phone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL shows improved sound quality compared to Galaxy S23 Ultra, the sound becomes fuller and stronger.
The Pixel Buds app supports rich headset customization (Photo: Christian de Looper).
Compared with Galaxy Buds3 Pro, the true wireless headset GooglePixel Buds Pro 2 is superior in design, quality, and especially ambient sound mode. While the Galaxy Buds3 Pro has a weak ambient mode and rather artificial sound processing, the Pixel Buds Pro 2 has one of the best ambient modes, so natural that users repeatedly have to check if the headphones are still in their ears because the environmental sounds are reproduced almost 1:1, just a little softer.
3. Ambient mode and conversation recognition feature
The Pixel Buds Pro 2’s amazing ambient mode combined with its “voice detection” feature creates an incredibly intelligent experience. This feature automatically pauses music playback and activates ambient mode when it detects that the user is talking. The feature works accurately and smoothly, recognizes voice quickly and only turns on ambient mode for the necessary time. There were no lags, errors or any other issues. All changes are announced with soft and subtle sounds.
4. Multi-point connection, smart touch control
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 wireless headphones support multi-point connection and work perfectly. Switching between devices is quick, with no lag or audio interruptions.
The headset’s touch control system is very responsive but not annoying. Adjusting the volume or changing songs is easy and intuitive. Users can customize the functionality of tap and swipe gestures, but even the default settings meet expectations.
5. Tensor G1 chip, effective noise cancellation and impressive battery life
Pixel Buds Pro 2 is the first headset equipped with the Tensor G1 chip. This chip reduces audio processing latency to extremely low levels, adjusts sound up to 3 million times per second, and provides noise cancellation twice as strong as Pixel Buds Pro. The sound quality thus becomes smooth and clear.
The noise filtering ability of the headphones is quite good, above average (Photo: Christian de Looper).
The noise filtering ability of the headset works very well, however, in some noisy environments, especially high-frequency noise (such as keyboard typing), the noise filtering ability is not perfect. However, in general, noise cancellation is still considered above average. The headphones also balance in-ear pressure, providing comfort even when noise cancellation is on. Turning noise cancellation on/off does not affect sound quality. Call quality was very good, with both users and listeners commenting that the sound was clear and easy to hear.
6. Battery life and charging capacity
Google announced the Pixel Buds Pro 2’s battery life is up to 8 hours of continuous music playback with ANC turned on. Combined with the charging case, total battery life is up to 30 hours. Just charge for 15 minutes, users will have 3 more hours of listening to music. Under normal usage conditions (listening to music all workday and watching videos in the evening), battery life lasted from Monday to Friday afternoon, with the charging case depleted and the headphones at about 30% battery.
The time to fully charge the headset battery and charging box is about 2 hours, 1 hour of charging reaches 50% battery. The headphones support both wired charging via USB-C and Qi wireless charging.
7. Conclusion
Overall, Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 deserves to be rated as one of the best headphones today. With excellent sound quality, good noise cancellation, comfortable design and diverse customization features, Pixel Buds Pro 2 is the perfect choice for music lovers. Realistic ambient mode and integration with Pixel phones are the product’s outstanding strengths.
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