Now that Google’s phones are ditching the headphone jack, it only makes sense that the company wants to sell you some expensive Bluetooth earbuds. At the press event today, Google announced the ‘Pixel Buds’, a pair of earbuds with Assistant built-in.
Unlike Apple’s AirPods, the Pixel Buds still have a cable running between the two earbuds, so it’s not completely cordless. However, Google has built an Apple-like pairing solution into Assistant.
Google Pixel Buds can use Assistant and do real-time translation, costs $159 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.