A new competitor for AirPods has arrived on the market. Google has launched its own wireless headphones. Called Pixel BudsThis new device joins the growing range of connected objects from the search engine.
To use them, the traveller simply has to press down on one of the earpieces and make a request of some kind. Once the user releases their finger, the command is sent to the smartphone, which processes it. It is this system that makes theapplication Google Translate on this platform. Once the smartphone has recorded a phrase in a foreign language, it can play it back. translate in the earphones rather than on the phone's loudspeaker. The microphone in the Pixel Buds picks up the speaker's phrase and translates it almost instantly.
A functional design
Le design Pixel Buds are very different from AirPods. They have a wire connecting the two earpieces, allowing them to hang around the neck: a practical design for an object used on a daily basis. This same wire also forms part of a system for adjusting the device to the user's ear. Unlike the vast majority of earphones, Google's product sits right at the edge of the ear canal. One of the advantages - or disadvantages - of this system for the user is that they can listen to what's going on around them while they're wearing them.
Pixel Buds boast a five-hour autonomyThey are sold with a storage box. A functional case, since it allows the batteries to be recharged up to four times before running out of power. The advertised price is the same as that of the AirPods: 149 dollars. They are not yet available in Francebut only in the United States.
