Google's 2024 earbuds shrank the Pixel Buds Pro design, added a twist-in stabilizer and Gemini integration, and impressed early reviewers with comfort, ANC and battery. Over time, intermittent Bluetooth dropouts became the recurring complaint, enough for one reviewer to score them 6/10 a year after launch.
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It depends on how you will use it. 58% would buy it again, which means roughly 42% would not. Recurring dropouts across phones, laptops and tablets a year after launch.
Comfort and battery keep owners happy, but intermittent Bluetooth dropouts are the recurring frustration; some fix it with updates or resets, others give up on them.
Recurring dropouts across phones, laptops and tablets a year after launch. Random disconnects when no audio is playing.
Worth it for: Pixel phone owners; People with smaller ears; Gemini assistant users. Think twice if: People who can't tolerate audio dropouts; Budget shoppers; Fans of squeeze or stem controls.
Our reading of how sentiment moves across an ownership period, drawn from the sources below. It is an editorial estimate, not tracked longitudinal data.
| At purchase | 8.0 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 7.4 / 10 |
| One month | 6.9 / 10 |
| Six months | 6.6 / 10 |
| One year | 6.4 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 6.2 / 10 |
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An eight-day launch review praising the smaller size, comfort, ANC, sound and battery, with minor complaints about tip sizing and touch controls.
A March 2025 thread where a new owner's buds repeatedly disconnected when idle, resolved after a support ticket and a phone update.
An October 2025 review scoring them 6/10 because of repeated dropouts across several devices despite good ANC, battery and Gemini features.