Apple - AirPods Pro 3 vs Google - Pixel Buds Pro 2

These two are evenly matched on the broad strokes, with the decision sitting on which individual spec advantages weigh more for your use.

Pick the AirPods Pro 3 if you care most about water resistance. The biggest gaps in its favor are water resistance.

Pick the Pixel Buds Pro 2 if audio quality and feature breadth (ANC, codecs, multipoint) are the lead criteria for your purchase. Its strongest claims are multipoint, weight per bud.

Both ship with comparable battery — buds, battery — with case, active noise cancellation, so those specs don't separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity tells you both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.