Pixel Buds Gain Bass Boost, Transcribe Mode & Attention Alerts in First Feature Drop
Aug. 21, 2020Pixel Buds are not only being made in more colors in the US but they are also baggingseveral new featuresto make them even better. The first feature drop (quarterly ritual for Pixel phones) forPixel Budsis here and it brings new capabilities, including bass boost, transcribe mode for translations, and experimental attention alerts.
Google, in an official blog post, says that users want“more control and customization over their audio experience.”It’s addressing this request with the addition of a quick bass boost toggle, whose functioning should be clear from the name itself. Pixel Buds now also make sharing the buds more intuitive.
A new‘sharing detection’featurehas been introduced with this feature drop. It can automatically detect that you’re sharing one earbud with someone and offers both of you individual volume controls via the touchpad on the earbuds. This means you can lower the volume, if that’s what you like, while your friend can rock to the latest BTS song at max volume.
While we are on the topic of earbuds and touch controls, the Pixel Buds settings now enable you to turn on and off the touch controls. Not just that, you can even ask the Google Assistant to do the same, thus, further simplifying the process.
Google is also testing an experimental ‘Attention Alerts’ feature, where the volume of Pixel Buds is lowered to notify users about important things. This would include dog barks, baby cries, or an emergency vehicle drive-by. The Find My Device feature also bags a minor update, now allowing you to see the location of the earbuds instead of simply trying to hear for audio coming from them.
