Hear now, prolific music listeners: there’s

yet another pair of premium true wireless

earbuds competing for your dollar. As

part of its latest Galaxy Unpacked event,

Samsung announced the Galaxy Buds Pro,

its most advanced in-ears to date.

The Buds Pro no longer look exactly like

jelly beans, but do adopt the same metallic

design as the old Galaxy Buds Live, while

a supposed better seal in your ear should

help with the noise-cancellation. An IPX

rating makes them workout-ready, but it’s

what’s inside that’s really interesting.

The pairing of an 11mm woofer with a

6.5mm tweeter balances, Samsung says,

deeper bass with crisp treble, while the

three microphones and voice pickup unit

should mean you’re not drowned out by

dog barks and screaming kids – you know,

the usual working-from-home conditions.

And Samsung says the Galaxy Buds Pro

have the most advanced ANC of any true

wireless earbuds.

Noise-cancelling and ambient modes

can be fine-tuned, and like Sony’s XM 4

headphones, they automatically detect

when you’re talking to adjust the ANC and

pause audio accordingly. Best Buds yet?

As hot as... the rage of AirPods Pro owners

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POWER TO THE PURPLE

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

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The purple’s
choice
As with Apple’s AirPods Pro,
360 ° audio is supported, here
via Dolby Head Tracking; but it
needs the One UI 3.1 update,
which as it stands is only
available on the Galaxy
S21 range.

I see

dead purple

You can expect five hours

of battery life with ANC

permanently on, plus an

additional 13 hours afforded

by the charging case.

Acceptable, rather

than epic.