Hearing Wellness

Important: Hearing Wellness is only available on the Pixel Buds Pro, Pixel Buds Pro 2 and Pixel Buds 2a.

Hearing Wellness gives you context about how often you're exposed to high volume levels. Use volume level notifications to alert you when the recommended exposure limit has been exceeded.

What's considered loud?

Listening to volumes above 80 dB for extended periods can eventually affect your hearing. Here are some examples of noise sources and their decibel levels:

• Whispering – 30 dB
• Normal conversation – 60 dB
• Office noise – 70 dB
• City traffic – 80 dB
• An approaching train – 90 dB

Review volume levels

Review the current volume level of your earbuds measured in decibels (dB) and your exposure levels over the past 24 hours or past 7 days. Exposure measures your listening volume over time. As you listen, your exposure accumulates towards a maximum recommended amount.

1. Based on your device, you can change the settings for your earbuds in different ways:

   • On a Pixel phone with Android 10+: Go to Settings  Connected devices  tap Settings  by the name of your paired Pixel Buds.
   • On other Android devices: Open the Google Pixel Buds app .
2. Tap Hearing Wellness.

Tip: If you're hard of hearing and need to regularly listen at higher volumes, Hearing Wellness will still show you the levels of someone who isn't considered hard of hearing.

Turn on volume level notifications

Even moderately loud sounds like traffic or power tools can affect your ears over long periods. Volume level notifications help you to decide how to adjust your usual noise exposure.

1. Based on your device, you can change the settings for your earbuds in different ways:

   • On a Pixel phone with Android 10+: Go to Settings  Connected devices  tap Settings  by the name of your paired Pixel Buds.
   • On other Android devices: Open the Google Pixel Buds app .
2. Tap Hearing Wellness.
3. Turn on Volume level notifications.

Learn more about how to use Active Noise Control with Adaptive Audio.