Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro vs. Apple AirPods Pro - MacRumors

Samsung in January unveiled new flagship Galaxy S21 smartphones and alongside the new phones, introduced the $200 Galaxy Buds Pro, which are priced at $199 and offer Active Noise Cancellation.

Design wise, the Galaxy Buds Pro look nothing like the ‌AirPods Pro‌, featuring a rounded in-ear design with no longer stem.

They do have silicone tips like the ‌AirPods Pro‌, but MacRumors videographer Dan, who tested the Galaxy Buds Pro, found them to be much more uncomfortable than the ‌AirPods Pro‌.

Like the ‌AirPods Pro‌, the Galaxy Buds Pro offer Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), which is decent, but it's not as good as the ANC in the ‌AirPods Pro‌.

It's definitely better than the ANC in last year's Galaxy Buds Live, but still not up to par with the ‌AirPods Pro‌.

There is a standout feature that the Galaxy Buds Pro offer that is not available in the ‌AirPods Pro‌ and that's Voice Detect.

When it comes to sound quality, the Galaxy Buds Pro are close to indistinguishable from the ‌AirPods Pro‌.

Apple's ‌AirPods Pro‌ charge wirelessly or via a Lightning port, while the Galaxy Buds Pro use USB-C.

‌AirPods Pro‌ offer similar controls, but on the stem rather than relying on taps, which works better.

Apple designs ‌AirPods Pro‌ to be used with Apple devices, and the Galaxy Buds Pro are designed to be used primarily with Samsung devices.

Prior earbud models have been more feature agnostic and have been easily pairable with other Android devices or even iPhones, but with the Galaxy Buds Pro, you'll be missing out on features without a Galaxy smartphone.

There's a one tap pairing feature for setting up the Galaxy Buds Pro with a Galaxy smartphone (you'll need to connect manually to an iPhone), and there's a 360 Audio feature that's the equivalent of the spatial audio feature in the ‌AirPods Pro‌?

Along with one tap pairing, the Galaxy Buds Pro support auto detecting devices and fast switching, but again, Galaxy devices only. There's an app for adjusting the EQ and other settings, but it's Android only and there's no ‌iPhone‌ version available.!

All in all, the Galaxy Buds Pro are solid headphones if you have a Galaxy smartphone, but these are not headphones that you're going to want to pick up if you have an ‌iPhone‌ because you'll be missing out on so many features. The price point is also only $50 cheaper than ‌AirPods Pro‌, so you're better off spending the $250 for ‌AirPods Pro‌ if you have an Apple device.!