Google is adding a cool new feature to its age-old Pixel Buds

But the search giant may have inadvertently revealed a key feature of the upcoming Pixel Buds 2 (name unconfirmed) by enabling said feature on its original wireless earbuds, released all the way back in 2017. Curiously enough, the new functionality on the old Pixel Buds seems to be broken for the time being, which might suggest this isn't something that was supposed to go live until next week.
In other words, whenever the feature will actually be made to work, Pixel Buds users will be able to summon their virtual assistant on their wireless earbuds without interacting with said audio accessories by touch. Currently, Google Assistant initiation is only possible by touching and holding the right earbud, which is already pretty cool. But hands-free voice assistance is undoubtedly even cooler, especially with Voice Match ensuring the rightful owner of Google's Pixel Buds is trying to activate Google Assistant by saying the popular hotword.