How Do I Access Pixel Buds Settings?
When Pixel Buds are paired to an Android phone, the settings can be accessed through the connected devices section of the Android settings app. While you can use Pixel Buds with other devices, like computers and non-Android phones, you can only access and adjust the settings through an Android phone. Here’s how to access Pixel Buds settings:
How Do I Change Pixel Buds Settings?
All of your Pixel Buds settings are accessed through the method described above if you have Android 10.0 or newer, or the Pixel Buds app if you have an older version of Android. From the settings screen, you can set up your Pixel Buds with Google’s Find Device service, adjust touch controls, change the sound settings, turn in-ear detection on and off, and adjust exactly how your phone interacts with the earbuds. Here are the different Pixel Buds settings options, what they are, and how to use them:
Find Device: Set up your Pixel Buds with the Find Device service if you haven’t yet done so, or access the Find Device service if you’ve lost your Pixel Buds. You can view the last known location, or ring each individual earbud.Touch Controls: Pixel Buds have touch controls, including tapping to play or pause, double tapping to skip a music track, triple tapping to repeat a track, and single tapping to answer a call. You can turn this feature off if you don’t want to use touch controls.Sound: This lets you turn on bass boost or active sound, which will automatically adjust your volume based on ambient noise levels.In Ear Detection: This feature will automatically pause media playback when you remove one or both earbuds. You can turn it off if you don’t like it.More Settings: This option allows you to update the firmware if necessary, view a series of tips, and other miscellaneous information. It also lets you add a Pixel Buds widget to your home screen for easy future access to these settings.HD Audio AAC: This is a simple toggle that lets you turn high definition audio on and off.Phone Calls: If you don’t want to accept calls using your Pixel Buds, you can turn this toggle off.Media Audio: If you turn this off, media will play over your phone speakers instead of the Pixel Buds.Contact Sharing: This feature allows the Pixel Buds to access your contacts. If you turn it on, notifications that involve any of your contacts will be read by name instead of number.
How Do You Adjust Bass on Pixel Buds?
Pixel Buds have equalizer settings, but they’re fairly basic. You can turn on bass boost to increase the bass, and you can turn off bass boost to decrease the bass, but there are no fine controls. There is also an active sound feature that will automatically adjust the volume of your earbuds based on the ambient noise in your general vicinity. Here’s how to adjust bass and other sound settings on Pixel Buds: