Posted Aug 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTCJGoogle’s two-year-old Pixel earbuds are getting an ANC update.It’s not a brand-new set of earbuds, but in addition to a new olive color, the Pixel Buds Pro 2 will get a firmware update that can improve ANC based on how the buds sit in your ears. Expect the update to roll out sometime in September.The ANC update will hopefully make the Buds Pro 2 competitive with other current earbuds. Photo by Andru Marino / The VergeFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.John Higgins
Google’s two-year-old Pixel earbuds are getting an ANC update.
It’s not a brand-new set of earbuds, but in addition to a new olive color, the Pixel Buds Pro 2 will get a firmware update that can improve ANC based on how the buds sit in your ears. Expect the update to roll out sometime in September. [Image: The ANC update will hopefully make the Buds Pro 2 competitive with other current earbuds. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/DSC00031.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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