Samsung has celebrated its already usual Galaxy Unpacked in which we can see the news, especially at the mobile telephony level, that the South Korean firm has prepared for the year. More and more away from the Mobile World Congress, Samsung continues to bet on its own events where it can capture the attention of all the media. On this occasion they have presented the new Galaxy Buds +, TWS headphones from Samsung that have not renewed their appearance at all, but that gain autonomy. Let's see what these Samsung True Wireless headphones consist of and if the news has really been worth it.
Fighting for exemplary battery
Since at the design level we have rather little to say, we are going to focus on one of the novelties that Samsung has decided to give more importance to. Although it seems little, we find a battery increase that represents approximately 40% over the previous version, which is little said. For starters, the charging case happens to have 270 mAh while the previous version had 250 mAh, but where we find the most difference is in the headphones, which happen to have 85 mAh for each of them, compared to the 58 mAh they had before.
Now we are going to have 22 hours of music playback or 15 hours of continuous calls with the Galaxy Buds if we have the charge of the case. The independent autonomy of the headphones will offer us 11 hours of autonomy in terms of music playback and 7,5 hours in terms of conversation on call. This exceeds the autonomy in terms of music reproduction of the previous version by 5 hours, and in two 2,5 hours the autonomy of the previous model in terms of previous calls, undoubtedly an important growth in autonomy that will be a reference in the market.
Not everything is there, these headphones have a more effective fast charge. In theory, with just 3 minutes of charging via USB-C cable you will be able to gain up to an hour of autonomy of audio playback (presumably a lot less in terms of phone calls if we take into account that he uses the microphones). We do not obviate that as expected, these headphones continue to have the wireless charging of the Qi standard, therefore, just by placing the box on a standard wireless charger we will be able to continue charging our device without any problem.
More microphones and multi-device capabilities
One of the main novelties of these Galaxy Buds + is that they acquire multi-device capabilities, That is, they will connect and disconnect intelligently depending on the closest or most suitable device at any given time, one of the most interesting technologies of the competition (AirPods) and that is clearly missing in headphones of this range Price. We can simply select them through the Bluetooth section of the issuing device in question, that is, we will only have to synchronize them once to take advantage of these features, a novelty that has more to do with the Galaxy Buds + software than with their renewals.
What we also have in these Samsung Galaxy Buds + is a new external microphone, so now they are two microphones. The main purpose of this is to improve noise cancellation during calls, which was until now one of the weak points of these previous Galaxy Buds and the degree of improvement with this novelty remains to be seen. In short, we now have two external microphones for call noise cancellation and a microphone for voice, will it finally improve the call experience?
More technical features
We must remember that for the first time these Galaxy Buds + have full integration with iOS (iPhone and iPad), and is that now in the iOS App Store there is a specific application for the configuration and use of the Galaxy Buds +, the compatibility will be totally absolute, something that did not happen with the previous Galaxy Buds, which could only be configured with its application of Android, despite the fact that they actually worked without problems with iOS (iPhone and iPad). This opens the Galaxy Buds + to a difficult market, and that is that iPhone users mainly opt for AirPods, an indisputable best-seller.
At the connectivity level we have Bluetooth 5.0 as in the previous version, yes, with a multi-positive channel. We also focus on resistance to sweat and water, where they stagnate (as in the design) with the same certification as in its previous version, that is, we have IPX2 resistance. It is also worth mentioning that we now have two Samsung Way Dinamic speakers in each earphone (twice as much as before), although despite this detail, the Galaxy Buds + will offer the same power or "volume" when listening to music.
Price and availability of the Galaxy Buds +
We start with the colors, and it is that in this Samsung has not wanted to skimp, as if it has happened with the new run of the S20 range of Galaxy smartphones. Definitely, we will be able to acquire these headphones in white, sky blue, red and black. Unlike the Galaxy S20 that will not arrive in white or red. Of course, they will be universally available on March XNUMX of this year, and you will also be able to receive them for free with pre-reservation at certain points of sale.
As for the price, we will find 169 euros launch price For these headphones, although we remember that they tend to drop in price quite quickly, in fact the previous version of the Galaxy Buds have been seen in certain outlets for just over 70 euros, so if you are thinking of acquiring These headphones, patience would be a good travel companion and can help you save a few euros. Of course, Samsung has not wanted to "break the market" with these Galaxy Buds + and they are still interesting headphones but they do not attract the general market too much.