SAVE $20: Google’s second-gen Pixel Buds are on sale at Walmart for $159.99 as of May 17 — that’s 11% off their usual retail price of $179.99.
The dust is settling after Samsung and Apple‘s late-April product announcements, which means Google is next up to bat. The tech giant’s annual I/O developer conference is back (in virtual form) this Tuesday, May 18, after being canceled last year due to the pandemic — and based on what we know so far thanks to a busy rumor mill, it should be chock full of big reveals.
One thing we can say mostly for sure is that Google will likely announce a new pair of wireless earbuds called the Pixel Buds A, a successor to 2020’s excellent second-gen Pixel Buds (Google’s answer to Apple’s non-Pro AirPods). Initially leaked in a marketing email last month, not much is known about the Pixel Buds A so far aside from a new green colorway, but they’ll presumably be a cheaper take on last year’s model. (“Google usually puts that letter ‘A’ at the end of product names to denote that they’re slightly trimmed down, budget-friendly alternatives,” says Mashable tech reporter Alex Perry.) Read more…
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