The case is sturdy enough to protect the Buds and soft enough not to dig into you whilst wearing tighter fit trousers, i’d say it's a pretty decent balance between the two.

It doesn’t feel cheap but it doesn’t scream out premium either, more so practical and stylish. The setup process is relatively simple, make sure the buds are charged and then turn on Bluetooth then open the Pixel Bud case near your phone, eventually you’ll get a pop up on your phone asking you to set up the Pixel Buds.



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This didn’t work for me the first time, until I charged the buds for around 5 minutes. After that everything was smooth sailing, voice commands worked well although I feel that the voice of the assistant sounds very low in quality, would it hurt to make this a higher quality? The Music quality is superb, the bass is punchy and the music comes alive - I can hear every instrument recorded to the tracks I listened to, truly is a great experience.

For awhile I didn’t take these buds out of my ears, they fit really well after adjusting the string to the shape of my ear canal.

I didn’t have the feeling that they were about to fall out like I have with so many earphones before these, after a few more uses the rope you adjust tends to lose its position, forcing me to readjust from time to time.

It’s a little annoying but could be a lot worse. At work I wear them to help me concentrate, if someone comes over to my desk I can quickly pause music by tapping on the right earbud once, there’s a second delay but works very well if I want to have a conversation with someone in person.

The Audio UI currently needs refinement, skipping songs can only be done by reaching for your phone or talking to the assistant at the moment, neither are always practical.

But Google is planning on releasing an update which will make my life a lot easier with the Pixel Buds, you will be able to program a triple tap gesture to either skip songs or turn off the earbuds, this isn’t officially confirmed yet though.