Samsung's newest wireless earbuds may look and function like Apple AirPods, but the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro still manage to impress on their own strengths.
Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro MSRP $250.00 Score Details “The Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are a huge upgrade for Samsung fans.” Pros Cons It’s impossible to ignore the striking similarities between the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and the Apple AirPods Pro. Physically, and with few exceptions, the newest Galaxy wireless earbuds are AirPods Pro clones. Broadly speaking, this is also true of how the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro work.
Regardless of the reason, it looks like Samsung is taking steps to address the problem, so I won’t be deducting any points in this review. Pinch to click The AirPods Pro’s squeezable, swipeable stems are one of the most innovative things we’ve seen of late in the wireless earbuds world. A pinch of the stem produces an audible click, and when you swipe a finger up or down on its flat portion, you can easily adjust the volume. I’m not surprised that Samsung thought these were both worth copying.
Light the way There’s an argument to be made that any earbuds with stems that drop down from your ears look like AirPods. The key is to find ways to take that basic shape and make it your own. With their trapezoidal stems and the available silver finish, I think the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro look great, and I doubt anyone will mistake them for AirPods .
That was with the standard ANC mode. I also tried Samsung’s AI-driven adaptive ANC mode, but it refused to hush loud sounds as much as I wanted. I returned to regular ANC at its maximum setting and never looked back. Well-executed transparency on calls is especially valuable — being able to hear your own voice clearly makes all the difference. If you use the Buds 3 Pro with a Samsung phone, your callers will also hear you with hi-definition clarity, thanks to the company’s proprietary Samsung Seamless Codec . It’s one of the biggest reasons you should use Samsung’s products in tandem. I’ll talk more about SSC in a moment because it also affects audio quality.
Just as intriguing is that, with the Buds 3 Pro connected, a Samsung phone with One UI version 6.1 or higher can tune into these broadcasts. But just like the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro and other Samsung wireless earbuds, you won’t be able to maximize the capabilities of the Buds 3 Pro’s dual drivers and amps unless you own a Samsung phone. To explain why, we need to talk about Bluetooth codecs.
There are also big differences in detail — SSC transmits more data, so it’s no surprise that there’s simply more of the original audio that makes its way to your ears. To be fair, the differences I heard might not be exclusively due to SSC. I also had adaptive EQ turned on — one of Samsung’s so-called AI features — which might have been helping out a bit.
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