A change that initially affected Pixel Buds in September 2024, removing the touch-and-hold gesture for reading notifications, now seems to be rolling out to other Google Assistant-enabled earbuds and headphones.

In a community post, the company drew attention to an upcoming change that will affect how users interact with the Google Assistant on headphones (via Android Police ). Google states the Assistant will soon lose the ability to read your notifications aloud when "pressed to activate."

Following Pixel Buds Pro in September, Google Assistant headphones will “no longer automatically read unread notifications.”