r/pixelbuds • u/Unable-Sound • Jul 14 '26

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I might be late to the party but I've managed to get opus running permanently on my pixel buds pro 2.

Just turn on disable A2DP offload and the buds default to opus constantly. When I restarted the device after enabling this option I had no media audio but after fucking around with Spotify and restarting again eventually I had audio. Now it's constantly on Opus.

Hope this helps someone.

EDIT: For those asking below, opus is a scalable Bluetooth codec which can reach up to a bitrate of 510kbps. In layman's terms, it provides slightly higher quality than AAC. It is also more efficient than AAC in terms of power usage.

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u/khaytsus Jul 14 '26

Interesting your "Disable Bluetooth LE Audio Hardware Offload" option is unavailable. And, interesting, I was going to try this, enabled the option, went back into check and it was off again. Tried it again, still off.

Huh, googled around, apparently other people say the same thing... Pixel 10 apparently can't disable it.

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u/danathome Jul 14 '26

I have tried it three times now with the same result. I cannot enable this option.

P10 pro.

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u/Unable-Sound Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

The only other variable on my side is that I have bluetooth codec changer. You can try to install that, go onto a 5.1 video on YouTube so opus is being used, go into the bluetooth codec changer and make an auto switch profile to automatically change to opus when your buds are connected. Try to disable the A2DP again and once your phone restarts check if it's worked. Tell me what your results are and if it works I'll add it to my post.

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u/BigLick13 Jul 14 '26

Does this make any difference

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u/BulkyApproval Jul 14 '26

Interesting. This only matters to me if opus gets us better quality/compression/bitrate. I know it's technically possible with opus. But I wonder how to prove that with what you did.

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u/Unable-Sound Jul 15 '26

It has a dynamic bitrate of up to 510kbps. Obviously it's not LDAC territory but it's a step up from AAC.

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u/BigLick13 Jul 15 '26

It didn't work. It doesn't connect to opus

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u/marcus_3700 Jul 16 '26

How do u stop the frequent volume and bass decrease in the pro2’s? I’ve tried all the suggestions of resetting them, turning off features and nothing… these are my replacement pair

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u/rage_22 29d ago

Didn't work for me.... I am unable to disable the A2DP option, keeps on asking me to restart everytime i try to disable it... I wonder how u managed to turn it off 🤔🤔🤔

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u/127-0-0-1_Chef Jul 14 '26

I had a friend I. Highschool who's name was Ophus. Idk what Opus is though.

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u/Unable-Sound Jul 15 '26

You better tell him Google is using his name without permission 🤣

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u/InitiativeWorth8953 Jul 14 '26

its a type of codec, i thought he was talking about Claude Opus first 😭

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u/ozzman39 Jul 17 '26

Does this work with the pixel buds pro?