Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro review: feature, price and opinion

They’re Samsung’s most expensive fully wireless headphones yet… but they’re also their best.

We analyze the new Samsung Galaxy Buds Prothe latest addition to the company’s line of fully wireless headphones, in which the company brings together all the advances in design and ergonomics, sound quality and technology that have been made in recent years package as fully and fairly as possible.

And it is that for several years Samsung has been trying to conquer the wireless audio ámbito, based on different models that have managed to not only steal a piece of the cake from Apple for the company, but also to be one of them most important shops increasingly important and attractive to consumers within this part of the market.

The Galaxy Buds Pro collect functions both the previous Galaxy Buds Live and the Galaxy Buds Agregado. And except for a few little things the result is excellent.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

The best of the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

There are various functions that do this Galaxy Buds pro has become ours Favorite wireless headphones in what – little – we have of 2021.

design and equipment

This year, says Samsung for sure at Jewishand instead opts for a slightly more conservative look for its Galaxy Buds Pro.

This is how we see headphones, although they inherit some aesthetic traits from female-shaped headphones that served as the ineludible source of memes. It’s a case of Shiny finish on the back or the charging case format, they completely abandon this odd shape and make way for a rather the Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Buds Agregado.

The silicone consejos – available in three sizes – feel combined with the light weight of the ear comfortable and pleasantand that it is never uncomfortable to carry with you.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro close-up.

Nevertheless, I have to say this in my case The Galaxy buds and Agregado buds are a better fit to my ear than these Buds Pro, due to the rubber texture that allowed previous models to place them better. A more or less effective solution to this “problem” is to use multiple more silicone consejos with which the headphones cánido be adjusted better and, quite incidentally, also the capabilities of the noise cancellation the pro buds.

Anyway, it’s a an unnoticed design and that it would probably fit well in most people’s ears.

It is also Excellent the design charging casewith a square shape reminiscent of a ring box, and a Nice matte finish what does she hold footprints and dirt.

The box comes with me USB Type-C charging port and Qi wireless charging. In addition, it has a magnet system that allows the the headphones stay on always while charging. That’s worth mentioning Both headphones perro be used independently while the other is charging.

We need to add an additional matter to the above that does this Buds Per manage to stand out from most of the models they compete with: the Waterproof according to IPX7 certification.

So far, most headphones of this type have opted for one IPX4 certified which, while sufficient for most people, does not ensure that a Resistance as high against possible oversights as these Buds Pro, which according to their certification should withstand underwater for up to half an hour – as long as it’s not salty.

Sound quality and sound profile

This year, Samsung decided to return to the workbench to investigate further away from the sound this headphone.

The conclusion was that the time had come Farewell to their square dynamic drivers from years pastand opt out a a more traditional circular format.

To this we must add the fact that the headphones woofer 11mm and a chirp 6.5mm. Together the two skills Providing a richer and more enjoyable audio experience than the Agregado buds and the Live buds, with approx deeper but more defined bass, covers both low and low mid frequencies; and those higher levels are not shrill or rough to the ear.

Without making any adjustments or changes to the cómputo of the sound produced by the headphones, The Galaxy Buds Pro offers the most attractive tone You have not yet experienced a model of the Galaxy series that you have tested. In that respect I would recommend Leave the “Default” profile active within the equalizer offered in the Galaxy Buds aplicación, as well as the rest of the profiles load completely the cómputo from which the sound produced by the Buds Pro stands out.

Active noise cancellation

Galaxy Buds Pro in black.

By far the most improved feature of the Galaxy Buds Live is the feature of the active noise cancellation. Once the rubber consejos provide that better insulationsystem of ANC of the Galaxy Buds Pro is capable of Extinguish almost no noise in the area. Up to 99% according to Samsung.

Even without the noise cancellation of models like this Sony XF-1000XM3The Galaxy Buds Pro offers a great experience at the time of Dumb the world while you listen to content about it. In addition, there is a possibility Choose between two different levels noise cancellation.

With that, we’ve incorporated the renewed “Ambient Mode” into these headphones, which Use the built-in microphones to give us a oportunidad hear what is happening around us clearer.

Once again we see things differently intensity levels for this method it is the highest level surprise being able to catch any note, no matter how faint. I would of course request that for a future installment in the Buds series The sound produced in this mode was slightly more naturalon par with what’s found in models like Apple’s AirPods Pro.

We also have to talk about the new interesting method called “Voice Recognition” that emplees different techniques including Accelerometers that record the movements of our equipmentperceive when we speak out loud and temporarily disable noise cancellation as well as ambient mode until we stop speaking.

This is a useful and practical addition especially since pretty accurate enough to trust him completely and forget that we have to take off a headset when we start talking to another person. When we’re done, everything goes back to habitual and the headphones continue to cancel out ambient noise.

Although that’s not the only one trick removed from the Galaxy buds in terms of sound recording. The headphones also have technology reduction from wind noise which will theoretically help better listen to us when we talk on the phone and we’re in a place where there’s some wind.

The Galaxy Buds Pro have a new “3D Sound” mode.

It’s OK This function fulfills its mission.The outcome of other utilities built into these headphones is unsurprising and unquestionable The wind won’t stop being a problem when we try to make a phone call or record our voice. Luckily, microphones are capable clear, crisp sound recordingthe quality of which will be more than sufficient in most cases.

Another of his tricks is the so-called 3D audioa feature that, afín to the “spatial sound” included in the latest models of Apple headphones, promises to offer us a “clear and immersive sound experience from all directions”, something indeed. noticed to some extent when we play a vídeo on our mobile device.

Unfortunately this function It is only available on Samsung phones updated to One UI 3.1a version present today only in the models of the new Galaxy S21 series.

The worst of the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

But not everything in the Galaxy Buds Pro is good. Even the latest headphones from Samsung mistake in certain aspects worth analyzing.

controls

As every year, Samsung has again opted for one touch control attached to the back of your new headphones.

The technology responsible for this catch the connection on the touch panel yes exactly, although the reaction speed leaves much to be desired

It does this Content Playback Control The headphones themselves might not be an entirely comfortable experience, at least until you become familiar with the controls.

In that respect it is worth mentioning There is no change in the way the content is controlled: Single tap pauses or resumes playback, double tap skips to the next song, and triple tap returns to the previous song. It is also possible make long contact to activate ambient mode, bring up the virtual assistant or change the volume of the headphones without trying to reach the mobile phone.

The Buds Pro come in gloss black.

autonomy

If you escoge to leave the noise-cancelling system on on the Galaxy Buds Pro – and you should – don’t wait more than 5 hours of autonomy with these headphones.

Automatic deactivation It cánido be renewed up to eight timesand the other charging case promises 13 hours. Although these are numbers that are within the default It is clear from the industry that this is not one of the strengths of these headphones.

In that sense, the Galaxy Buds Agregado with 85miliamperio-hora battery per earphone – compared to the 61 miliamperio-hora of this new generation – still the category leader with independence that perro find 11 hours of continuous audio playback.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro, Andro4all conclusion and final comments

As I said at the beginning, the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro perro do it best functions and features of the Buds Agregado and Buds Live —except for independence—, found at a a level never seen before in the Alternatives to AirPods Pro section.

Because these headphones do not compete with models from Sennheiser or Sony in terms of sound, but offer them fair experienceComfort features such as the improved ambient mode, voice recognition and of course the better and more useful noise suppression system are not missing. And everything they do, they do well.

Now: As with Apple headphones, some of its features it will be available only to you if you’re really into it ecosystem A galaxy that Samsung has been giving more importance to for some time.

Such is the case of “3D Audio” or the possibility thereof quickly switch between devices Galaxy previously connected to headphones.

And things don’t get better if for some reason You use an iPhone and prefer Buds Pro to AirPods Pro, because Samsung decided does not support Buds Pro in their iOS aplicaciónso many of the features that make these headphones unique are lost along the way.

But even apart from these features, no matter what device they are connected to, the Galaxy Buds Pro cánido They are great headphones that cánido provide a comfortable audio experiencewith a very good active noise cancellation system and a design that puts aside experimentation and bets on what It really works.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro on a table.

Price and where to buy Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

The Samsung Galaxy Buds Agregado comes on one Price 229 eurosThis makes it the most expensive model in the history of this headphone family.

But anyone who is toying with the iniciativa of ​​buying the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra should know that Samsung will give you this pair of headphones next to your new mobile phone to alleviate the lack of wired headphones in your box.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

On the other hand, if you don’t want to buy the latest reference model in the Galaxy S series, you perro get the Galaxy Buds Pro purple, silver and black colors in the company’s official store and in other habitual sales channels such as Amazon.

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