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Mar 30, 2021G23-001Moving target

Bradshaw: Google's next earbuds to be Pixel Buds A

Google's next earbuds would be sold as the Pixel Buds A.

Kyle Bradshaw reported exclusively that Google's next wireless earbuds would be sold as the Pixel Buds A, 65 days before Google's own event.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedGoogle's next earbuds would be sold as the Pixel Buds A.
  2. Who said it, and whenKyle Bradshaw reported it on Mar 30, 2021 in 9to5Google.
  3. What happened, and whenPixel Buds A-Series was announced on Jun 3, 2021, 65 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyMoving targetThis was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it.Why: Google announced them on 2021-06-03 as Pixel Buds A-Series — the reported name plus a suffix.
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Right
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Partly right
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Wrong
It did not turn out this way.
Moving target
This was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it.
Never settled
The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.
Not comparable
This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.
No outcome yet
Nothing has happened yet that would prove this right or wrong.
Not checked yet
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Checked
Checked means the company has since given an answer and we compared it with what was reported. Details still waiting on an answer, details nothing can settle, details where the plan itself changed, and details we have not finished reviewing are all counted separately and are not part of that number.
Moving target
A moving target is a report that described the plan accurately at the time, on a product the company then changed. We count these on their own: it would flatter a reporter to call them right, and it would blame a reporter for a decision that was not theirs to call them wrong.
Reported by
Kyle Bradshaw
We read it in
9to5Google
Product
Pixel Buds A-Series
Read it at 9to5Google

The story of this report

  1. Mar 30, 2021Kyle Bradshaw reported it · 9to5Google
  2. Jun 3, 2021Pixel Buds A-Series was announced
  3. VerdictMoving targetWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Kyle Bradshaw · Journalist

21 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 12 we have checked, 10 held up. The other 9 are not part of that number: 5 moving target, 4 never settled.

Every report from Kyle Bradshaw

Other reports about Pixel Buds A-Series

5 reports about Pixel Buds A-Series from 2 sources. Of the 3 we have checked, 3 held up.

Questions about this report

Did this Pixel Buds A-Series report turn out to be true?
Moving target. This was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it. Google announced them on 2021-06-03 as Pixel Buds A-Series — the reported name plus a suffix.
Who reported it first?
Kyle Bradshaw reported it on Mar 30, 2021 in 9to5Google.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 65 days before Pixel Buds A-Series was announced on Jun 3, 2021.