The Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 are the company’s top-of-the-line wireless earbuds, and they’re the first model to use Google’s proprietary Tensor A1 audio processor. With the audio signal and noise cancellation each handled by the Tensor A1 separately, Google developed Silent Seal 2.0, which cancels up to double the background noise compared with the prior model. Battery life reaches 8 hours with noise canceling on, and with the charging case, it gets up to 30 hours total. Each earbud has an 11mm driver. Overall, the new design is about 27% smaller than the original Pixel Buds Pro, and the buds carry an IP54 rating.
Head over to Amazon to get the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 for just $189, down from their usual price of $229. That’s a $40 discount and 17% off.
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Google custom-made the Tensor A1 for this technology. It can process an immense amount of audio data at speeds 90 times faster than the speed of sound. This processing rate enables impressive noise-canceling capabilities. Since the processor can adjust to changes in the surrounding environment three million times per second, it reacts to something like a train coming into the station as quickly as it does to a coffee grinder turning on. Silent Seal 2.0 has also expanded its ability to block frequencies beyond those previously blocked, with special attention paid to high-pitched sounds, which are the most difficult to eliminate.
Multipath Processing is the other thing the chip handles. Audio takes a dedicated lane through the processor rather than sharing resources with the noise cancellation, so the music you’re listening to doesn’t get degraded by all the ANC work happening alongside it. On older earbuds,, those two jobs compete for the same processing power, and the sound suffers.
Sound comes from 11mm drivers with a new high-frequency chamber for the treble, and it supports spatial audio with head tracking. Loud Noise Protection is worth mentioning too, since it dampens sudden loud sounds like a passing siren rather than passing them straight through to your ears at full volume.
Fit was designed using 45 million data points from different ears, and each bud has a twist-to-adjust stabilizer you can rotate one way to lock them in place during a workout or the other way for all-day comfort.
Gemini Live works through the buds, with a voice accelerometer and an extra microphone handling your voice in loud rooms, and Clear Calling cleans up regular phone calls the same way. Bluetooth 5.4 handles the connection, and multipoint keeps two devices paired at once. The Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 are $189 right now instead of $229, and the case charges wirelessly on a Qi pad or over USB-C.