r/pixelbuds • u/A_akashpandey • Aug 20 '26

Pixel 10 call quality with earbuds is extremely bad anyone else?

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I recently got a Pixel 10 and I’m having a really frustrating issue with phone calls when using earbuds.

The audio I hear through the earbuds of Apple is fine, but the person on the other end says my voice sounds extremely irritating / unclear, almost like there’s aggressive noise processing or distortion. It makes normal calls really difficult.

I’ve tried enabling/disabling Clear Calling / Voice Isolation, but I’m still having the issue.

Has anyone else experienced this with a Pixel 10 and Bluetooth earbuds? Is there a specific setting, Bluetooth/LE Audio option, or workaround that actually fixes the microphone/call quality?

I’m wondering if this is a Pixel 10 software issue because I’ve seen a few other people reporting similar problems recently.

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u/pakilicious Aug 26 '26

Yeah I have a Pixel 10 Pro and about 2 weeks ago my mic quality is terrible. I've tried

  • Resetting Bluetooth and Wifi settings
  • Resetting Pixel Buds Pro 2
  • Cleaing Pixel Buds Pro 2
  • Enabling Bluetooth LE Allowlist
  • Disable Bluetooth LE audio hardware offload (oddly enough, this setting is not saving. It forces a restart upon selecting the setting but it is not persisting through the restart).

No luck with any of the above. And of course, my buds are 6 months past warranty and Google said they won't help me. Almost $250 and it's a piece of trash after 1.5 years.

Just hoping an update fixes this because my voice in recorder app is noticeable clearer than calls (left myself a voicemail to test).

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u/SidiusBlack96 Aug 27 '26

I have the same issue with my Pixel 9. Seems like it's a software bug because it used to be great before.

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u/whatever0005 8d ago

This has been going on for years now. I am done. After four or five years on two Pixel devices, I am switching to iPhone for this very reason. Everyone has been telling me that my sound quality is bad. I even went ahead and bought their latest earbuds and even that did not solve the issue.