Best Samsung headphones 2022 | Articles | Audio and video equipment

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Sam­sung began to com­pete in the head­phone mar­ket in earnest in 2019 with the release of the Galaxy Buds. Since then, the com­pa­ny has great­ly improved its offer­ings. The TWS ear­phones released by Sam­sung since then have pro­vid­ed an incred­i­ble boost in sound qual­i­ty and state-of-the-art fea­tures. We have com­piled a list of the best Sam­sung wire­less ear­buds. Read on to find out which mod­els are includ­ed, what fea­tures, advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages they have.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro — the best Samsung headphones

The Sam­sung Galaxy Buds Pro have many fea­tures and have a high­er water resis­tance rat­ing than oth­er mod­els on the list. Pho­to: soundguys.com

The Galaxy Buds Pro are the com­pa­ny’s best head­phones to date, com­bin­ing the fea­tures of past mod­els with new tech­nolo­gies.

Pecu­liar­i­ties:

• active noise can­cel­la­tion (ANC) with 2 set­tings (soft and max­i­mum);
• trans­paren­cy mode (“Sound back­ground”) with 4 set­tings for fil­ter­ing exter­nal sounds;
• “Voice Detec­tion” func­tion — turns off noise reduc­tion and acti­vates trans­paren­cy mode when the user starts talk­ing;
• Galaxy Wear­able app lets you choose from 1 of 6 equal­iz­er pre­sets for the best sound qual­i­ty;
• 360 Audio tech­nol­o­gy with Dol­by Head Track­ing for sur­round sound when watch­ing movies;
• touch con­trol;
• hold a charge up to 5 hours with noise reduc­tion turned on, up to 8 hours with­out it; The case is enough for 3 full charges of the head­phones;
• sup­port for wire­less Qi and fast charg­ing (5 min­utes gives an hour of work);
• sup­port for Bix­by voice assis­tants (not yet avail­able in Rus­sia) and Google Assis­tant;
• mois­ture pro­tec­tion IPX7 (don’t be afraid of rain, splash­es and sweat, but the man­u­fac­tur­er does not rec­om­mend immers­ing it under water);
• head­phone dimen­sions — 20.5 × 19.5 × 20.8 mm, case — 50 × 50.2 × 27.8 mm, weight of one ear­phone — 6.3 g, case — 44.9 g.

The Sam­sung Galaxy Buds Pro head­phones start at Rs 10,980 and are avail­able in black, white, pur­ple, and sil­ver.

Pros:

• decent sound;
• good voice qual­i­ty (3 micro­phones and bone con­duc­tion vibra­tion sen­sor);
• many func­tions (search for head­phones, joint lis­ten­ing with friends, game mode with min­i­mal sound delay dur­ing games, and oth­ers);
• mois­ture pro­tec­tion.

Minus­es:

• you can­not cre­ate your own sound pre­sets in the appli­ca­tion;
• aver­age auton­o­my.

Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 are the best value for money

The Sam­sung Galaxy Buds 2 has good pas­sive noise iso­la­tion. Pho­to: techradar.com

Head­phones Sam­sung Galaxy Buds 2 — a bal­ance between auton­o­my and func­tion­al­i­ty.

Pecu­liar­i­ties:

• ANC func­tion and “Sound back­ground”;
• the lat­est ver­sion of Blue­tooth 5.2 is used for con­nec­tion;
• auton­o­my up to 7.5 hours with ANC off, up to 5 hours with it on; the case pro­vides three full charges of the head­phones;
• sup­port for fast (5 min­utes is enough for an hour of work) and wire­less charg­ing;
• Galaxy Wear­able app, equal­iz­er with six pre­sets;
• the func­tion of check­ing the cor­rect posi­tion of the head­phones in the ears using the built-in micro­phones and a spe­cial sig­nal;
• game mode with min­i­mal audio delay;
• IPX2 (only drip proof);
• head­phone dimen­sions — 17 × 21 × 21 mm, case — 50 × 50.2 × 27.8 mm, weight of one ear­phone — 5 g, case — 41 g.

The Sam­sung Galaxy Buds 2 are avail­able in black, white, olive and pur­ple. They cost from 8,980 rubles.

Pros:

• smooth sound, designed for every­day lis­ten­ing to music;
• excel­lent noise reduc­tion (com­pa­ra­ble to the Pro mod­el);
• high qual­i­ty voice trans­mis­sion, thanks to three micro­phones and a bone con­duc­tion sen­sor;
• lungs.

Minus­es:

• call qual­i­ty is infe­ri­or to Galaxy Buds Pro;
• there is no auto­mat­ic pause func­tion when the head­phones are removed from the ears;
• low mois­ture pro­tec­tion — only IPX2.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Live — the most comfortable

This mod­el dif­fers from the oth­ers, first of all, in its design. Pho­to: soundguys.com

Pecu­liar­i­ties:

• active noise can­cel­la­tion and audio trans­paren­cy;
• brand­ed appli­ca­tion Galaxy Wear­able;
• Buds Togeth­er fea­ture that allows you to con­nect two pairs of head­phones to one phone at once (Sam­sung only);
• Game Mode;
• auton­o­my up to 8 hours with ANC off, up to 5.5 hours with it on; the case pro­vides at least 3 full charges of the head­phones;
• sup­port for fast (5 min­utes is enough for an hour of work) and wire­less charg­ing;
• three micro­phones and a bone con­duc­tion sen­sor for voice calls;
• mois­ture pro­tec­tion IPX2;
• head­phone dimen­sions — 6.5 × 27.3 × 14.9 mm, case — 50 × 50.2 × 27.8 mm, weight of one ear­phone — 5.6 g, case — 42.2 g.

Head­phones Sam­sung Galaxy Buds Live cost from 7,890 rubles. These head­phones are avail­able in black, white, blue, red and bronze.

Pros:

• com­fort­able and secure fit;
• micro­phone qual­i­ty;
• hold charge well.

Minus­es:

• aver­age sound qual­i­ty;
• aver­age noise reduc­tion;
• poor pro­tec­tion against mois­ture.

Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus — the best in autonomy

If auton­o­my comes first for you, then pay atten­tion to the Sam­sung Galaxy Buds Plus. Pho­to: techradar.com

Pecu­liar­i­ties:

• audio trans­paren­cy for broad­cast­ing ambi­ent sounds while lis­ten­ing to music;
• pro­pri­etary appli­ca­tion and equal­iz­er with 6 pre­sets;
• Game Mode;
• auton­o­my up to 11 hours of music play­back; the case gives one full charge of the ear­buds;
• sup­port for fast (3 min­utes is enough for an hour of work) and wire­less charg­ing;
• three micro­phones;
• mois­ture pro­tec­tion IPX2;
• head­phone dimen­sions — 19.2 x 17.5 x 22.5 mm, case — 26.5 x 70 x 38.8 mm, weight of one ear­bud — 6.3 g, case — 40 g.

Head­phones Sam­sung Galaxy Buds Plus cost from 6,400 rubles.

Pros:

• hold a charge for a long time;
• good sound qual­i­ty;
• fast charg­ing.

Minus­es:

• aver­age call qual­i­ty;
• low pro­tec­tion against mois­ture;
• no autopause;
• no active noise can­cel­ing fea­ture.

Samsung Galaxy Buds are the best cheap headphones

Sam­sung Galaxy Buds is an orig­i­nal mod­el that has not lost its rel­e­vance. Pho­to: phonearena.com

Pecu­liar­i­ties:

• audio trans­paren­cy;
• cor­po­rate appli­ca­tion;
• auton­o­my up to 6 hours of music play­back; the case gives one full charge of the ear­buds;
• sup­port fast (15 min­utes for 90 min­utes of work) and wire­less charg­ing;
• two micro­phones;
• mois­ture pro­tec­tion IPX2;
• head­phone dimen­sions — 19.2 x 17.5 x 22.5 mm, case — 26.5 x 70 x 38.8 mm, weight of one ear­phone — 6 g, case — 40 g.

The cost of Sam­sung Galaxy Buds is from 5,900 rubles. Avail­able in black, white and yel­low.

Pros:

• com­fort­able and secure­ly sit in the ears;
• good pas­sive noise iso­la­tion;
• pow­er­ful bass;
• price.

Minus­es:

• no active noise can­cel­la­tion
• the sur­round sound fea­ture is poor­ly imple­ment­ed;
• incon­ve­nient touch con­trol;
• only splash pro­tec­tion.