Google has finally taken the lid off its newest True Wireless (TWS) Earphones in India — the Google Pixel Buds A-series.

The Google Pixel Buds A-series arrive as the first TWS earphone from Google in the country and were launched in the United States in June this year. The Pixel Buds A-series come as an affordable version of the original Pixel Buds TWS earbuds that Google launched last year. The Google Pixel Buds A-series has been priced at Rs 9,999 in India. It is not known as to when the earbuds will start shipping to customers or if the earbuds are available in both colours that they were initially launched in.

The Pixel Buds A-series get the same 12mm drivers as the standard Pixel Buds. The A-series is also touted to deliver up to 24 hours of combined battery backup including the charging case - again, similar to the elder sibling. However, there are certain areas where Google has tried to cut costs. For example, the Pixel Buds A-series don’t come with wireless charging, have no support for swiping controls to adjust volume levels, and the loss of Attention Alerts feature that would reduce the volume when users were required to listen to sounds in their surroundings.

Other specifications of the new TWS earphones from Google include IPX4-rated sweat and water resistance, passive noise reduction. The earbuds also use beamforming microphones to let users focus on voice during calls by reducing outside noise. Additionally, users can use microphones to call Google Assistant by just saying “Hey, Google." All of this is similar to the standard Google Pixel Buds that were launched last year. The earbuds also include features like real-time translation in more than 40 languages when using with a Pixel smartphone or a device running on Android 6.0 or later.

In terms of connectivity, the Pixel Buds A-series deliver have Bluetooth 5.0. The earphones deliver up to 24 hours of combined battery life and the ability to quickly charge the earbuds for up to 3 hours of usage in just 15 minutes.