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• 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

• Regular price is $129
• My set are white, but there’s supposed to be a black option, which I can’t find?

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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.