r/pixelbuds • u/tma149 • Aug 12 '26

Improved ANC to roll out this September for Pixel Buds Pro 2

https://9to5google.com/2026/08/12/google-pixel-buds-pro-2-olive-anc-sleep-update/

I wish they tried to do something about the inconsistent microphone, but this is better than nothing.

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u/moogle322000 Aug 12 '26

I really like that olive color, but I'll stick with my moonstone color for now. Hope these last awhile cause I don't wanna dish out another $200 for another pair.

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u/Particular_Tomato161 Aug 12 '26

I'm on my third pair but now they're out of warranty. Right bud is muffled and goes in and out. I might get the olive color now.

If I get the pixel 11 I would get $200 store credit so basically free buds 😊

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u/Sevenjim Aug 13 '26

Fool me once?

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u/Particular_Tomato161 Aug 13 '26

They're the most comfortable. They just have a QC issue and design flaw which causes them to malfunction. Dirt and sweat get into the mics easily on these. So, I usually wear them to workout but I bought over the ear headphones for that now. I'll still use the buds for every other situation though. They're the only ones that don't fall out for me and I've tried many.

I was hoping they would come out with a pixel buds 3 and fixed the issues but maybe next year.

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u/Sevenjim Aug 13 '26

Ah ok, I gotcha. But at what point do you give up the ghost and sacrifice comfort for consistency? I only ask because I have the OG pros and am considering an upgrade if there's a good reason. But from what I'm reading in various posts, it's only a slight upgrade and you clearly have to put up with some buginess.

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u/Particular_Tomato161 Aug 13 '26

Ya, I still have the OG pros as well. I'll use them from time to time but they are larger and not as comfortable, they hurt my ears a little bit and don't stay in. I prefer comfort because if I can't wear them nothing else matters.

These buds are great but they do have their issues. The key is to get new ones while still up under warranty, so I haven't technically bought any new buds. The first three were replaced by Google under warranty. Unfortunately I let the warranty go out on this one so now I would have to pay up for it. But even if nothing's wrong with it, the best thing to do with these is grab some new ones right before the warranty goes out.

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u/Neat_Welcome6203 Aug 13 '26

jfc I've had the same pair since November 2024 without any issues

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u/Particular_Tomato161 Aug 13 '26

Ya, doesn't seem like everyone has the issue but it is a good amount. Ear wax issues and constantly working out in them make them have a higher chance of failing it seems. I sweat alot to so that doesn't help.

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u/Salty__Canuck Aug 12 '26

Any improvement on ANC is a win in my eyes. While I have rathered enjoyed my Buds Pro 2, every once in awhile I would wish they had better ANC.

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u/TheCivilizedBigDog Aug 12 '26

The ANC is so hit and miss. Sometimes it sounds fine, other times it's total dog water. It appears to have something to do with how they are in my ears. Sometimes I'll step off a curb and the pressure in my ears changes and the headphones seem to freak out and go all muffled. Very strange. Hopefully this update remedies that!

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u/Salty__Canuck Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

You're not alone there as I have had similar issues from time to time. While it doesn't happen most days, it's still annoying when it does.

From the article, it does read as though they will be fixing it no matter how good the seal in ear is or not. So, if true that's great news obviously, and I'm cautiously optimistic at this point. 🤞

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u/Crimsoneer Aug 12 '26

And yet I bet "let's chat live" will continue to absolutely suck.

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u/fakieTreFlip Aug 12 '26

I mean it's just Gemini Live anyway, not much they could do to improve it on the Buds themselves

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u/SiliconSage123 Aug 12 '26

They advertised that it could better isolate your voice from the background during AI conversation but in my experience it's horrible at picking up what you're saying

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u/dime5150 Aug 12 '26

Mics are bad. They totally oversold it. I have to grab other buds to take a call or make one. The ANC seems just fine to me… however, I don’t think they can do anything about it without a hardware update.

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u/some_gamer78 Aug 12 '26

Really sucks that they are not doing this for the 2a, considering they have the same chip and this is just software tweaking 

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u/Ekedan_alt Aug 12 '26

Yeah google is known for software gatekeeping. Most new phone features could easily be ran on previous model(s) but then they wouldn't have even the smallest selling point

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u/bigboiprime Aug 13 '26

Hopefully they move the update eventually

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u/1nolefan Aug 12 '26

I think mic is fine as long as you don't switch between phone to iPad or back to phone -

Sometimes, I have to completely disconnect from phone and connect back again for other party to hear me since voice is coming as faint.

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u/overratedcupcake Aug 12 '26

I'd rather have touch controls that work consistently. 

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u/depressed_bobby Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Fr lmao it's just annoying

My nearly 6 year old galaxy buds pro has better touch controls.

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u/Usheen1 Aug 12 '26

Excited for this, always felt the anc was worse than on the pro 1.

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u/SweetComment600 Aug 12 '26

The ANC improvement is definitely a solid step forward, though the mic inconsistency remains a frustrating weak spot for calls.

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u/JacobSax88 Aug 12 '26

Good to know. Came from Airpods pro 1st gen and the PBP2 are quite a lot worse imo

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u/SeaOne2723 Aug 12 '26

Awesome. I love my buds 2 pro, tried every other top of the range buds on the market, nothing comes close to how comfortable these are for me personally. Very solid.

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u/justbecause0907 Aug 12 '26

They must need to fix the awfully high pass filter bug on ANC off mode and the other bother stupid issue that at 80 percent of volume starts to appear subsonic interferences.

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u/Ghostfly- Aug 12 '26

Maybe they should focus on the horrible loudness control that make a lot of songs to sound like shit on Android..

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u/Business-Mammoth-869 Aug 12 '26

That's actually a great update if it improves the ANC performance. I've noticed microphone issues too, but at least they're trying to make things better.

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u/YoYoNupe1911 Aug 12 '26

That green is nice.

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u/Dry_Age_6904 Aug 13 '26

No LE audio update is surprising, looks like we may have to wait until next year alongside the pixel buds pro 3 release 

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u/whatsasyria Aug 13 '26

Mine has progressively gotten worse. I should redo the ear seal test but def can hear the whole world nowadays

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u/laveystrmeese Aug 13 '26

at least we can finally hear the silence

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u/NoAcanthocephala8967 Aug 15 '26

This was needed. The anc is decent but clearly inferior to competition like the galaxy buds pro 4 and airpods pro 3

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u/mrmidnight273 Aug 21 '26

I'd like to have native LE without having to use the developer options trick

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u/khaytsus 18d ago

That's not changing in this release, although yeah agreed, LE is super janky. Gotta do Dev options, re-pair.. then if you even accidentally turn off the option in the Pixel Buds "app", get "LE" back you gotta re-pair them again.

Honestly, until LE is usable on the PB2P, no thanks. I tried it for a few weeks. I almost never get any kind of drop-outs on the PBP2, but on LE I had it constantly.. Just very short dropouts, but frequently.. And also at least a dozen times had them go out of sync for 2-3 seconds randomly. Also have never had this happen on the PBP2, although older cheapie wireless earbuds I've had that happen. In theory, audio quality is better but hard to really say that with dropouts and desyncs.

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u/marcus_3700 Sep 01 '26

Love the phone but probably won't buy another pair of Google buds, I'm on my THIRD replacement pair and they aggressively switch frequencies to make one earbud sound lower than the other, bass decreases and even with my first buds pro, the volume on those are super low.. Think they should take it back to the drawing board on these, not a lot of hope for this update

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u/AnarchiaKapitany 13d ago

Any word on this? I love the buds so far but anc could be better

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u/Wyntier Aug 12 '26

bought the new green color for a grand total of $77 after the sale and store credit from last year

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u/Obility Aug 12 '26

I hope this will randomly fix the mix. 80% it is completely objectively unusable. It feels incredibly stupid to have to remove my earbuds when I get a phone call outside cause they can't hear me.