Nothing is better than getting lost in your favorite music and letting the world slip away, especially if you’re using anice set of wireless earbuds. But the real world cares little about your leisure, and notifications are an inevitable intrusion into your idle time. Usually, the occasional notification doesn’t warrant more than a mere mention, but for some Pixel Buds users, their notifications have gone beyond beneficial.
What’s wrong with the Pixel Buds?
The issue happens because Pixel Buds are integrated with Google Assistant. You can do some cool stuff like press and hold your earbud to have Assistant tell you what your notifications are. Because new Pixel Buds users might not be familiar with this functionality, Google audibly tells you after receiving a notification. For some reason, these instructions are recited after everynotification for some users.
This first popped up about three years ago but resurfaced last year. It isn’t clear what causes the issue or why it affects Pixel Buds users sporadically, but the fix is easy when you find the setting.
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How to turn off spoken notifications on your Pixel Buds
To nip these notifications in the bud, you’ll change one of the settings for your Google Assistant.
That should take care of the post-notification instructions and let you get back to enjoying your music or movie. If you don’t want to turn off the spoken notifications, you can limit them to specific apps.
How to turn off Assistant notifications
Google Assistant, being baked into Android, has several ways to intrude on your life. If you’re at your wit’s end with Assistant, modify the notifications Google sends from your phone’s settings menu.
This should take care of all of your notification issues.
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Enjoy your Pixel Buds
Don’t let these problems dissuade you from picking up thelatest Pixel Buds. If you pick up a pair,get a nice caseto go along with them. If you have trouble with Google Assistant, look intoturning it off altogether.
