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Samsung’s $230 Galaxy Buds 2 Pro feature the company’s 360 audio and higher quality sound, as long as they’re paired with a compatible Galaxy phone.<\/p>\n
Samsung’s higher-end Galaxy headphones include features that do rival the Pixel Buds Pro and the AirPods Pro, but also rival them by locking exclusive features within its device ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Samsung’s new wireless earbuds debut alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5 line, all of which will be released later in August.<\/p>\n
Samsung revealed the new Galaxy Buds 2 Pro wireless earbuds at its August Unpacked event<\/span>, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 4<\/span>, Z Flip 4<\/span> and the Galaxy Watch 5<\/span> line. They cost $230 (\u00a3219, AU$349), and will ship on Aug. 26. <\/p>\n Like the previous Galaxy Buds Pro<\/span>, Samsung’s pumping up how the wireless earbuds support what it calls 360 audio, which should allow for a surround-sound experience. But to make use of this, the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro need to be connected to a supported Galaxy phone with at least Android 8.0 and Samsung’s One UI 4.1 overlay.<\/p>\n The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro also support 24-bit hi-fi audio, but that feature also requires a Galaxy phone that has Samsung’s One UI 4.0 or above.\u00a0<\/p>\n Aside from those Galaxy-only enhancements, the wireless buds do have active noise cancellation and a battery rated for five hours with noise cancellation on — which can stretch to 20 hours using the charging case. Without noise cancellation, the buds can last eight hours, stretching to 30 hours using the case.<\/p>\n The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro have a water resistance level of IPX7 for water and sweat, making them good for the gym or a rainy day, and they come in three colors: Bora purple, white and graphite.<\/p>\n The Galaxy Buds line often has inventive designs (I’m still looking for a sequel to the bean-shaped Galaxy Buds Live<\/span>), but it’s a bummer that it’s continuing the industry trend of requiring a matching phone for the best sound quality. Google’s new Pixel Buds Pro<\/span> also require a Pixel phone for its spatial audio, and Apple is fairly notorious for including all kinds of perks for AirPods<\/span> users when paired with Apple’s devices.<\/p>\n\n\n Article source: https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/samsungs-galaxy-buds-2-pro-features-audio-perks-but-only-for-galaxy-phones\/#ftag=CADe34d7bf<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What’s happening Samsung’s $230 Galaxy Buds 2 Pro feature the company’s 360 audio and higher quality sound, as long as they’re paired with a compatible Galaxy phone. Why it matters <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-29355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android-updates","tag-android-update"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t