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Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds Review

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Ryan reviews the Samsung Galaxy Buds (Galaxy S10+ pre-order gift) - surprisingly they fit and stay in his ears!

Episode Summary
00:00 | Intro

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    • 00:20 | General
    • Galaxy Buds are Samsung’s response to the AirPods from Apple
    • I received my set of Buds from Samsung as a gift for pre-ordering the S10+ prior to launch
      • 01:15 | Purchase & kind
      • Regular price is $129
      • My set are white, but there’s supposed to be a black option, which I can’t find?
        • 01:54 | Case
        • The case is pill shaped, pretty small
        • The case charges with USB Type-C
        • The case also charges with wireless charging; which is good
          • Works great with a wireless charger pad
          • Works ok with the built-in S10+ charging – enough to get the buds up enough to listen during a commute
          • The case has a green/red charging light on the outside; not sure what the thresholds are for battery remaining
          • The case has a green/red connection light on the inside
          • Open the case to pair with a suitable phone; the S10+ picks up instantly, plain bluetooth might be slower
            • 04:48 | Buds
            • It’s some kind of miracle; these stay in my ears
            • Earbuds haven’t ever stayed in my ears, this is amazing
            • There are “actions” you can do on the “touchpads”;
              • Tap to play/pause
              • Double tap play next or answer/end call
              • Triple tap to play previous
              • Long press talk to Bixby or Google
                • 08:18 | Audio quality
                • Just ok; probably better for “talking” than music
                • Kind of quiet in real life situations (on a train, in a crowd)
                • Since they’re in ear, they’re actually more isolating than the bone conduction
                • Definitely not as nice as Sony noise cancelling over-ear headphones
                  • 10:26 | Special features
                  • With the Galaxy Wearable app (ugh, this name)
                    • You can see the charge levels
                    • You can tinker with an equalizer which didn’t seem to do much for me
                    • You can tinker with the “notifications” settings – basically, a white list of audible notifications from your phone to forward to the buds – I let calendar, slack and telegram through – I will ignore you useless emails
                    • By default, it provides some active noise cancelling features
                    • You can turn on Ambient sound, and I guess that lets some frequencies in
                    • You can turn on “Voice focus” and that lets talking in
                    • It sounds weird
                    • Finally, “Find my earbuds” lets you remotely find your bud if you drop it
                      • It plays a loud tone, so don’t have them in when you do it
                        • 13:36 | Conclusion

                        Would I buy these if I needed earbuds? Surprisingly, now that I find they actually stay in my ears, maybe! I would have saved my $130 possibly towards modern Sony noise cancelling headphones, but these have a place in your audio collection if you need buds for the train, bus or dog walk – these aren’t for “working” environments.

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