Switch between your computer and your cell phone, and the headphones are smart enough to know it. You can answer a call on your phone while also connected to your computer, which is very useful for multitaskers.
One thing I find disappointing, as I have with all voice assistants so far, is the Gemini integration. You press the buttons to ask the standard Gemini all questions, including follow-up questions, which is very annoying if you have several questions at once. Google has also integrated a wake-up phrase (“Hey Google, let’s talk”) to open its Gemini Live conversational AI.
The message opens Gemini Live and you can ask it anything you can think of asking an AI for, from restaurant reviews to a good exercise program based on the current day’s activities. You can even interrupt him if you think he’s missing the point and he’ll follow the context.
I prefer to use this functionality in the Gemini Live app on my phone, so I don’t have to say them out loud, but if you have poor eyesight or just hate typing, the wake word and Gemini Live may be more impressive. To you. I would like to point out that as long as you have the Gemini app, you can open Gemini Live and use it with any other pair of headphones. You don’t need Pixel Buds Pro 2 to use Gemini Live, just to have the wake word.
I’d trade these features in a heartbeat for the countless listening assist tools Apple is adding to its AirPods Pro via a software update. After all, almost any Android headset can connect to Gemini Live. If you’re looking for a pair of headphones that will also help you hear a little better, those are still the ones I’d go for.
As for a pair of headphones that do everything others You’d ask them in all contexts, there are very few headphones I can recommend as much as the new Pixel Buds Pro 2. They have excellent noise cancellation, perform very well on calls, and have a battery life long enough to last a day complete work. . I can see why Google increased the price by $30 over the last pair, and they are worth the extra money. These are probably the best high-end headphones for Android out there right now.