Who is the Google - Pixel Buds A-Series for?
Budget-tier wireless earbud. The 65.4 score sits in C-tier (58-67) — the formula flags meaningful weaknesses against premium peers.
Reasonable if cost is the deciding factor and the spec weaknesses don't matter for your use. Check the spec table below carefully before buying.
Mars Score is computed from 14 measured specs against the transparent formula for the wireless earbuds category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼Active noise cancellation — not supported.
- ▼Battery — buds: 5 h (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Driver size
- 12mm
- Battery — buds
- 5h
- Weight per bud
- 5.1g
- Form factor
- in-ear
All specifications
Design
- Form factor
- in-ear
- Weight per bud
- 5.1 g
Audio
- Driver size?
- 12 mm
- Transparency mode
- false
- Spatial audio?
- false
Battery
- Battery — buds
- 5 h
- Battery — with case
- 24 h
Connectivity
- Codecs
- AAC,SBC
- Multipoint?
- false
- In-ear detection
- false
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