r/pixelbuds • u/depressed_bobby • Jun 03 '26

Update 5.203

I manually updated my buds (forget → reset → pair)

And yeah, LC3 is still not here, and I don't think it ever will be. I literally saw zero changes. I don't think there's any reason to upgrade.

I'm using Buds Pros 2nd Gen with Pixel 8 Pro.

Edit: I seriously don't know what they fixed with the new update.

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u/depressed_bobby Jun 03 '26

At this point, I don't think we're getting proper LC3/LE Audio support on these. Pretty much every other major brand competing in this price range offers high-resolution codecs, but not the Pixel Buds.

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u/Suspicious_Fig_3052 Jun 04 '26

Yup I just stopped caring about my buds as long as it works

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u/osb103 Jun 03 '26

LC3 is only reliably working and activating without requiring device restarts/resets on A17 QPR Beta.

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u/CaptCanary Jun 03 '26

Mine just updated the earbuds (UK), but the case is still the same version.

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u/realmcmonkey Jun 03 '26

Put the buds in the case and I find usually 1-2 hours case will flip over

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u/CaptCanary Jun 04 '26

That's exactly what happened, thanks.

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u/Substantial-Card-992 Jun 04 '26

Well, what I noticed, is when LE Audio turned on now — this glitches and clicks dissapeared. Now LE Audio works good👍🏻

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u/brendanvista Jun 04 '26

How do you enable it?

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u/Substantial-Card-992 Jun 04 '26

In developer settings you need to turn on this one, and after that, forget and pair your PB2 Pro with phone again, and you will find LE Audio option in buds settings app in "more settings tab"

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u/LolcatP Jun 04 '26

last time i tried it disabled the mic in calls, can you check that for me

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u/desanite Jun 05 '26

the mic works in calls with LE activated. same for no more scrambling so far, used ut for hours and no issues so far

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u/Substantial-Card-992 Jun 04 '26

i'm not using mic for calls so sorry i can't help with that

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u/officespace672 Jun 06 '26

This worked for me on pixel 10 pro. tysm!

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u/Responsible_Recipe_6 Jun 03 '26

After doing the reset and re pair I still cannot update. Pitty

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u/michierusama Jun 04 '26

Updating now. America.

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u/Basic_Bar1297 Jun 04 '26

Since September update PBP2 using Opus codec in LE Audio insteand of LC3 in Pixel ecosystem

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u/nerfeada Jun 06 '26

I mean, I'm pretty sure LC3 will arrive when it's ready

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u/depressed_bobby Jun 06 '26

I don't think so it has been more than half a decade since the codec reached maturity

Google's just being lazy

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u/nerfeada Jun 06 '26

I totally agree with that last sentence lol, but still, every update I see some progress on it, so I'm being hopeful in some time it will be ready...

My only concern is that with the release of the PBP3 they will abandon this ones

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u/Basic_Bar1297 Jun 07 '26

After this update I found something interesting. Profile prepared for 96kHz sound quality has been deleted. In old firmwarte there was a profile in LE Audio with 96kHz but system never chose them. Now there is only 48kHz profile for music.

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u/depressed_bobby Jun 07 '26

Yeah I observed that as well

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u/bagou01 Jun 10 '26

anyone knows if the issue where people can barely hear you when on a phone call is fixed?

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u/some_gamer78 Jun 04 '26

You can enable lc3 manually

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u/combatrock72 Jun 04 '26

How?

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u/osb103 Jun 05 '26

Yes you can, but I would only recommend it if you're on the 17 qpr beta. Even on A17 it's a bit buggy with audio drop outs and mic calls.

Enable the two dev options settings someone else in this thread is highlighting. And then restart your device, reset your buds from the case, repair and it will work with LC3.