Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus: The Go-To! By Marques Brownlee

Hey, what's up guys I'm, cabby HD here, so a pretty general theory, I've had gone for a while. Now is every product category, that's well-established enough has a go to like an easy to recommend checks. All the boxes safe, bet straight shot right down the middle like if you want a mouse, there's the Logitech MX series that's been around. If you want a microphone, the shore sm7b is like the standard for phones, it's like the iPhone. Now this doesn't mean that this is the one for everyone. In fact, it usually isn't for everyone.

You use that as sort of starting point and then, when you find that the values you have and the things you like, then you veer off into the alternatives that you might pay more for, but there's always that starting go-to and so for wireless earbuds that aren't air pods. The go-to is the Samsung Galaxy Buds plus for sure 100%, and they should be now that doesn't mean they're perfect. That doesn't mean they're for everyone, but they check all the fundamental boxes that make them incredibly easy to recommend and enjoy they're pretty great. So, what's so great about these $150 wireless earbuds? Well, when you look at what you want from these, they got to be small check. They got to be lightweight check.

They got to fit in your ears and that's a check for me. Furthermore, they do fit well in my ear comfortably thanks to the rubber tips, unlike air pods, and they actually create a sort of passive seal. Now they're, not active noise-cancelling, but you know at this price. You don't really see that that much, but the seal is actually enough that I don't miss it. That much and I realize everyone's ears are different.

So you know different people will have slightly different fits, but I was really impressed with the fit of these ear buds. Now snug, they are in my ear now. I personally still rather have an active noise cancellation version of these. That's for my values and what I like so if they made that, like a pro version, I'd be super cool with that, but even just putting these in my ear, I feel like I'm talking, louder because. They create that seal and dim down the environment, and by the time you start playing music.

You don't really hear much else so for flying and mass transit and construction and loud stuff. Maybe this isn't the way to go, but generally for everyday use, pretty good, so they're comfortable. They have a legitimate best-in-class 11-hour battery life for music listening, which is mostly what I do with earbuds and that's great and fast charging, but honestly being able to go a full week of casual listening and not having any battery anxiety till like the last day of the week is awesome and in speaking of charging the case. These sit in are also pretty textbook. You can't forget about the case.

It's small and slim, it's just as pocketable and lightweight as air pods, and it has USB type-c for charging, and it's also capable of wireless charging. If you want to put it on the back of your phone or on any wireless charger. It'll do that too, and it even has a nice hinge, weight and magnets for the lid to open and close with a satisfying click. It's maybe not quite as satisfying as Pixel Buds, but that's a pretty good click. The buds are built well, they have this sort of rubber fin around the outside that helps them seat in your ear, instead of like one little piece poking out that can get kind of painful, and I found that this is enough to stay in.

My ears really well, not quite as locked in as say the Jaybirds, with the full-on wingtips on those things, but locked in enough that I felt comfortable working out in them. It had no problems, they stay in my ears and speaking of working out, these are I PX, 2 rated. So some sweat is fine. Now, I still I would say they shouldn't be dedicated, workout headphones, like maybe power beats or anything ipx7 certified. But if you wear them every day, and you like to happen to step out and sweat while wearing them or do a quick workout, they are fine, and then the touch controls are also really simple.

Both earbuds have that pretty large touchpad surface and that's where you play pause. That's where you fast-forward accept calls long press for assistant all that stuff I've been using them with my 1+8 pro, so they call Google Assistant, not Bixby, but they worked fine with any Android phone or iPhone for that matter, but they do work a little better with a Samsung phone, because then you can get the galaxy Buddy app, and that gives you a little more control over customizing media controls and ambient sound pastor, but generally, even without that app they've been rock-solid, no connection issues even walking across the studio, leaving my phone over here having them in my backpack no problem, and then the sound from these guys was really quite good. I was very impressed and happy with the sound from these. They have what I would call a very full sound. They have a big, rich, full bass, crisp clean mid and highs no background hiss.

These are tuned by AKG, and they're, proud to put their name on it, and I can see why the only complaint I could see coming from a different pair of earbuds or headphones. Is these may actually feel a bit bass heavy if you're not used to all this, but they can turn that down in the EQ quite easily, but I'll tell you right now: I won't be doing that I, listen to a lot of music and the way they sound out. The box is great. It's already great for music. I.

Think I'd go so far as to say these are the best sounding non noise. Canceling wireless earbuds I've tried he's the truth right now, honestly, it makes me kind of wish I brought them out on the channel sooner I. Don't really have anything bad to say about these, but I'm going to nitpick, because that's what you do and that's how you get products to be better, the next time around I'm sure Samsung's working on a next version of these. So what I'll say is these? Don't really look that great to me, I feel like they could do with a little better of a design. I mean I.

Guess almost none really look that great. But to me Pixel Buds do look perfect, and I love the colors I wish air pods did color too, like this, but I don't know. For some reason it looks like it feels like cheap plastic to me. I think maybe a matte finish that the more premium ones got going on, looks better and I. Think that could have saved these a bit too, but look Galaxy Buds plus it's the go-to.

Just remember the name. You know they, the battery life I think is their best feature and that's a nice relaxing comfortable feature to have been perfect, but the sound is perfect. The fit in my ears is perfect. The microphones are pretty good and then the case is great, just checks all the boxes. So it's like now that you know about these.

You might decide. Oh okay, what I know I like I want to spend more because I want noise cancellation, and then you can go, get active noise cancellation. You spend a bit more and there's plenty of options for those like the Sony is an ear pods pro, or we might go. You know what I like these, but I also want them to be more workout focused headphones. Then you go for something with better waterproofing or more of the wingtip fit near stuff like the Jaybirds or power beats, so there are other headphones that do plenty of things.

But if there's anyone out there wondering what's the de facto set of non-air pods wireless earbuds there, you go Samsung, Galaxy Buds plus now you know so there you have it thanks for watching, got you guys in the next one peace.

Source : Marques Brownlee