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
HOT
FIVE
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.