How to reply to messages using voice on the Pixel Buds

  • After a message has been read out, you’ll hear a series of tones like a countdown. Press and hold the surface of the Pixel Bud and you’ll hear a tone. Speak your reply, keeping your finger on the Pixel Bud, and release when you are finished. Google Assistant will speak back what it has heard so you can check it’s what you wanted. You’ll then hear another set of countdown tones before it sends; if you want to change your message, return to step 2 and say it again. When the tones are finished Google Assistant will confirm that the message has been sent. You’ll then have the reply to your message read out to you if it arrives within a short time period; if the reply takes longer to arrive, the conversation will be judged to have finished and you’ll have to press to get it read out to you.