Galaxy Buds 2 vs Galaxy Buds Pro: Which is the better Galaxy earbud?

At Samsung's August Unpacked event, the business firm unveiled another true wireless, the Galaxy Buds ii.

Prior to the Galaxy Buds ii, Samsung had released the Galaxy Buds Pro, which currently sits at the top of its true wireless family.

Given Samsung's optimised them to piece of work best with Galaxy smartphones, if given the choice between getting the Samsung Galaxy Buds ii vs Galaxy Buds Pro, which pair should you invest in. We take an opening await.

Price and availability

The Galaxy Buds two have a price of £139 / €149. We'll update the prices from other regions in one case we get news of them.

The Samsung Milky way Buds Pro are priced at £219, and $199 / €229 / CA$264 / AU$299 elsewhere.

Clearly the Milky way Buds Pro have a premium on the Buds two. If you lot want to salve money the Galaxy Buds ii are the ones to get for.

What's the divergence with the design?

At first glance there'southward non a whole lot that appears to exist dissimilar betwixt the two. Aside from the edible bean-shaped Galaxy Live, all of the Samsung's earbuds take a bulbous, oval shape and neither the Galaxy Buds two or Pro version depart from that line of thinking.

Neither take wing-tip options, which might reduce the need to use these for workouts. The Galaxy Buds 2 are, plainly, the smallest and lightest earbuds Samsung has produced, so there's a example to be made that they're more than comfortable, potentially over longer periods.

In terms of colour option the Galaxy Buds 2 are available green, white, black and purple variants (or Graphite, White, Olive and Lavender every bit Samsung labels them). That's one more than than the Pro's Phantom Violet, White and Black options.

It'south a solid pick, though we do experience Samsung rather repeats itself in this category with the same options presented nearly every time.

What's the difference in the feature set?

And so both have noise cancellation and both announced to have the same battery life, too. The noise cancellation on the Galaxy Buds Pro is said to be more thorough, which would make sense given the disparity in toll, then you'd expect better racket cancellation from the premium model.

Both feature an ambient manner to filter through external sounds, though while the Galaxy Buds two tin can be manually altered, the Buds Pro have an Intelligent ANC feature that can adjust racket cancellation and transparency in response to nearby sounds. Does that work on the Galaxy Buds Pro? Yep, but arguably likewise well as the mics can be super sensitive to picking up any sounds, based on our experience with them.

Bombardment life for both is nearly xx hours with ANC and 29 hours without it. The Buds ii back up fast-charging and wireless charging. In that location's too a PC app that does what the mobile app does (tweaking settings, modes).

Water resistance for the Buds 2 is IPX2, which doesn't compare equally favourably to the Buds Pro IPX7, which makes the headphones fully waterproof. Other features the Galaxy Buds Pro take include Voice Pickup, with the earbuds reacting your vox past reducing the volume/pausing music and then yous can hear what the other person is saying.

If you're afterwards a more than feature-packed feel then the Milky way Buds Pro is the amend pick on paper, and given the cost that should equate to a real world difference too.

Is there any difference in the audio?

Nosotros don't know how the Galaxy Buds ii volition audio just yet, simply the audio has been tuned by audio veterans AKG, with the dynamic ii-style speaker aiming to "deliver crisp, clear loftier notes and a deep bass".

Nosotros felt that the Galaxy Buds Pro were Samsung's best attempt yet at truthful wireless sound. We found that tonal balance was a step up on Samsung's previous pairs and that they offered a detailed enough sound experience, though we didn't discover them to be up among the best-sounding truthful wireless pairs.

That's the benchmark for the Galaxy Buds two to at to the lowest degree accomplish. We expect there to be some compromises given the Buds Pro are the premium option in Samsung'south line-upwardly, but we'll accept to await to hear them and provide and opinion.

Early verdict

In terms of design there'southward not a whole lot to distinguish between the two earbuds, but in the feature set the Buds Pro stretch their legs, as you'd expect from a more premium priced pair of true wireless. Audio-wise we tin can't say every bit yet, but we'd surprised to see if the Galaxy Buds 2 perform better than the Buds Pro and feel the sound quality will be more in line with closely priced competitors.

We'll take to expect and run across if that operation on paper does indeed equate to a real-world performance. There's a degree of choice and variety in Samsung'due south truthful wireless line-up that there wasn't in that location before.

If yous're subsequently a more premium experience then that'southward what the Milky way Buds Pro offer, if you lot desire to save a few pounds then the Galaxy Buds 2 offering that.