Due to the passive shielding, voices are also perceived as muffled. However, refrigerators, fans and air conditioners are completely filtered out. The active noise cancellation presents itself as very effective and clearly muffles low ambient noises, but does not completely eliminate them when they are louder, such as in an airplane. The sound output can also be adjusted to the user's preferences via the equalizer. However, a slight hiss creeps in during quiet passages and low tones lack power, even though the low frequency range is served quite well. The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 show a strong improvement in media playback compared to the predecessors and offer a precise and balanced sound, which we would not have expected in this price range. The search function is an acoustic function where the earphones start to chirp and get a bit louder over time. The app can also be used to configure the two touch sensors separately from each other, activate experimental functions or search for the earphones. The latter setting is more practical outdoors on windy days. If the low ambient sound setting is selected, ambient noises are slightly muffled. With the stronger variant, these are even amplified. However, the ambient mode is divided into three levels. The ANC can be turned on or off via the app, but there are no settings. It is similar to the Android app, but sorted a bit differently.Īmong other things, the app can be used to initiate the acoustic test and install updates.

However, this is already the case in the app for Windows.

For Apple devices, the Samsung Galaxy Buds app is available, but it did not support Galaxy Buds2 at the time of testing. After pairing, the app recommends installing the appropriate plug-in (Android only), and then you are ready to go. Users of other smartphones should download the Samsung Wearable app (Android) beforehand. Alternatively, the pairing process can be started manually by holding both sensor surfaces. Samsung smartphones then directly recognize the new Galaxy Buds2 and suggest pairing. The pairing process starts automatically when the charging case is opened for the first time.

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