Review of Samsung Galaxy Buds - Bluetooth-headphones with wireless charging

Table of contents

• Specifications
• Equipment
• Appearance
• Convenience and Control
• Sound
• autonomy
• results

Specifications

Equipment

In the box we found a miniature case with headphones, USB cables with connectors and a USB Type-C, silicone ear pads and shackle sizes. Under the hood there is a compartment for instruction, but our sample arrived without any papers.

Appearance

The gadget is sold in three colors: "cream" (white), "Onyx" (black) and "Citrus" (yellow). We got into a white model.

Headphones They look neat and reliable. On the reverse side of bowls arranged sensors.

Galaxy Buds - the so-called true-wireless-headset. This means that they work through Bluetooth, and do not involve wires or attachments to each other.

Charging Case compact enough to fit in any pocket, but slightly convex - in the case of miniature Buds loses its nearest competitor AirPods. Making the cover succinctly on a white background has a silver label and marking Samsung AKG. Rear - access USB Type-C.

Headphones leaky rise into the recesses of the cover, but reliably primagnichivayutsya - in nothing shakes. When you close the flap of the case is held by a magnet.

Convenience and Control

Buds - it intracanal gag with a tight fit. I usually uncomfortable headphones of this type: the ears of them get tired quickly. To do this, Samsung has invested in the box set of arches and ear pads. After selecting the smallest nozzle and the ring in the bowl without spacers I quietly listened to music for a couple of hours, the device continues to hold tight to the ears.

What Buds are in the ears, of course, much, but when you use does not feel any discomfort. As with the purchase of any other headphones, we recommend first to try them. Ergonomics is a purely individual thing.

protection class - IPX2. This means that the headphones can not swim, but you can do sports and not worry about what the sweat gets into the unit.

Galaxy Buds are not universal: they can be used with any Bluetooth-sources, but their full potential is revealed on Samsung devices. Almost all - on smartphones with Android. More fewer functions for those who use as a source of notebooks or iOS-device.

If connected to the Galaxy Buds Samsung, smartphone synchronization will welcome screen and charge level. On any Android-powered device Galaxy Wearable special application you can download and plug-in that enables you to control EQ and reassign actions tapov.

With single, double, triple and long tapov can put pause playback, switch tracks, adjust the volume, calls, and call the voice assistant.

First, we connect to the Galaxy Buds iPhone XS. Everything happened quickly and easily: it was enough to find once the headphones in the list of Bluetooth-enabled devices. All the chips AirPods here on the site: automatically connect and auto pause when removing headphones, control via tapov of sensors, charge-view in the widget "Batteries". The only unpleasant nuance - a little out of sync when watching videos on YouTube.

The App Store is not Galaxy Wearable applications. This means that tapami control is only available in the basic configuration, and the frequency can not be corrected with the help of an equalizer.

Since everything was harder Android-device: with Xiaomi Mi 9 SE we were able to adjust the frequency settings, but for some reason have not earned the right sensor. Most likely, all devices are functioning properly, and reboots the pair still functioned as it should be, but the process has been so unintuitive that we just went back to the headphone jack on the iPhone testing.

Sound

For sound here meet dynamic transducers from AKG. AFC official specifications stated. The chart below we took from the French portal les Numeriques.

These are the results without the user equalizer - a sound produces on the iPhone earphones. Pinning is visible in the top middle. In theory, this sense of hearing and makes the sound sharper, less readable.

Feels like the sound of a compromise. These are ordinary consumers Bluetooth-headset for the city without any claim to the highest quality. Codecs for playback of lossless-expected formats are not supported.

Buds Headphones something like AirPods: there are the same pinning the top in the middle of the original sound settings, the emphasis on convenience and no claim to the title of an audiophile device.

But Buds have a couple of advantages. Firstly, with the equalizer on Android, you can make the sound a bit more balanced. Second, the headphones have excellent passive noise isolation. They can listen to podcasts and audio books on the subway. For security, you can use the function Ambient Sound, broadcasting headphones loud noises from outside.

Buds use as a headset is also possible. It employs a special algorithm that controls the microphone so that you can talk on the phone even in noisy environments. Quality picks up the sound is not very good, but to make out the words out.

autonomy

Each earphone mounted battery 58 mAh. According to the manufacturer, this is enough for six hours. According to our feelings - about the same or even a little more.

The capacity of the battery of the case - 252 mAh. He can make a charge headphone roughly doubled.

Buds support wireless charging. To resume supply of power is possible as from any station operating on the Qi standard, and on the new Samsung Galaxy reverse charging, for example, Galaxy S10 +.

results

The first Galaxy Buds - a great addition to the Samsung ecosystem of devices. The second - it is just an alternative AirPods, especially if you are using the devices to Android and like to listen to podcasts in the bustling city.

Buds have a good sound that can adjust the frequencies and sleek appearance, and yet these headphones comfortable majority-channel counterparts.

Price at time of writing - 9990 rubles.

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The author expresses his gratitude to the company Samsung for providing the test device.