Wireless Earphones

Anyone have the Google Pixel Buds Pro?

How do you find them?

I can claim a free pair soon after buying a pixel 8a from EE in the UK.

Just wondering if I should try them out or sell them on.

I bought a 2nd hand pair from CEX & think they're pretty good. First time I bought what I'd call an expensive pair of earbud. Between them & a €12 pair of bone conducting headphones from TEMU (for jogging) I'm well covered.

Some of the Chinese bone conduction headphones aren't actually using bone conduction, but actually speakers on the band. So make sure they're legit by reading reviews.

Had Shokz before, but they got snapped on one side.

any recommendations for some I can use for work calls over teams?

Ordered them later Sunday night after my post and got them this morning. Tick all the boxes I wanted them to tick but don't have an in ear sensor which stops whatever you're listening to when you remove one ear bud which is a bit annoying but apart from that they sound great, connect to and switch between 2 devices seamlessly and when I've used them on phone calls and Teams calls they've been crystal clear and I've had no negative feedback on how I sound to others so all in all as a pair of semi open multi point ear buds for work type use cases I'd give them a solid 8 out of 10.

Sound is full and as loud as I want but I'm not an audiophile.

Call quality is great.

Multi point works really well.

They are very comfortable.

The touch controls work well.

The app is a bit weird but works.

Active noise cancelling seems to have a positive effect drowning out background chatter but given they are semi open how effective can it ever be in such ear buds? It's an added bonus as far as I'm concerned but I wouldn't be buying these as noise cancelling ear buds.

I could definitely use them out running or in the gym as they are secure but not sure they'd be my first choice. Not sure if they are water proof or slash proof.

I really like the way the case hinges open, it makes removing and re-inserting the ear buds quite easy. So many ear buds are hard to get out of the case as the magnets hold them tightly in place especially when it's only the top of the ear buds that you can get a grip on.

Worth €70? To me for my multi point high quality microphone use case, yes.

If all you want is good sound from semi open style ear buds without multi point functionality then there will be lots of better value options many of which are already listed above.

Nice one for the recommendation, just got them today. They are easily better sounding than the X400s and a better fit too. Thanks!

Nate

I presume with the fake ones if you take them off you'll still be able to hear them unless they have a sensor that detects they're off and stops playback.

People nearby shouldn't be able to hear them if they're legit bone conducting headphones either.

Theres a good article here that compares the fakes to the real thing:

https://vocal.media/lifehack/how-to-distinguish-real-bone-conduction-headsets-from-fake-ones-and-pros-and-cons-of-bone-conduction-headsets