Name: Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro Review: Better than AirPods!
Uploaded: 2026-03-02T21:35:25.000Z
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So, under the radar announcement of the month, sandwiched between the Pretty underwhelming base S26 and all the fanfare about the privacy screen in the S26 Ultra, Samsung also released their new earbuds, the new Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro.

I unboxed the Buds 4 Pro and started using them for the past couple days, and

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I think they're better than AirPods Pros.

Now, on its face, I understand that this is actually kind of a meaningless comparison because most people aren't crazy cross shopping between AirPods and Galaxy Buds.

But just as far as a performance benchmark goes, these clear it.

So I think it's really easy to think of these as the AirPods Pro for the Android Universe and even more specifically, the Samsung ecosystem.

They have active noise cancellation and a transparency mode.

They do the quick pairing thing and automatically switching between devices, but

then they also do a lot of other things that I think are better.

So like, let's just start with this case.

Now it's this cube case with a tinted clear lid and a nice satisfying magnetic slap.

This case itself is a little taller than AirPods, but definitely still on the small side.

It also has a USB type C port at the back, there's a pairing button and the earbuds drop in here pretty easily.

Once you take it out your ears, you drop them in, no problem.

And then the buds themselves also got a redesign.

And in huge breaking news, they also stay in my ears.

So in white from this angle, they look a lot like AirPods, which I guess makes sense when they're all sort of trying to be ear shaped.

But as soon as you spin it around, that's where you see the redesign.

This new look is more square at the stem with a brushed metal back.

The square stem, I think, actually makes it easier to do the pinching and swiping controls.

Others obviously will sort of flatten an area on a barrel for gestures, but

So you can swipe up or down either bud to change volume, and

you can also pinch and hold to switch between active noise cancellation and ambient sound mode, which is like the transparency mode.

Single squeeze to play pause, double squeeze to go to the next track, etc.

They are IP57 dust and water resistance rated just like AirPods.

But everything else design wise here is pretty damn good.

And I'm still very impressed at how well they stay in my ears, even with the default ear tips.

They come with two other sizes of ear tips, one smaller and one larger.

So then the next obvious question is, well, okay, how do they sound then?

New drivers, new design, new anc and they sound really, really good.

There's some slightly updated drivers here, two in each bud.

There's a larger area subwoofer and a tweeter.

And across a whole range of frequencies and a wide variety of listening situations, I've found quality to be great.

There is also an EQ in Samsung Settings and I actually found I like the dynamic setting which sort of juices the bass and the treble a little bit, gives you the V shaped curve, makes it really punchy and fun.

But you can obviously dial it in here to exactly how you want it to sound.

these are just an earbud designed to be worn all day in tons of situations and taken everywhere with you.

Like if you're looking at the Sony WF1000XM6S for example, these are much more geared towards sound quality.

Like that's the slider that they've dragged everything towards and so everyone knows how good they sound.

But that's at the expense of a lot of the other little everyday use stuff.

The buds themselves are bigger and a bit less comfortable and they fall out of your ears more easily.

They swap out foam tips instead for these rubber ones to create a better seal.

So they made a bunch of these trade offs to sound as good as they do.

So, so you can sit there in your fancy chair and close your eyes and just be immersed in the sound.

Yet these Galaxy buds honestly sound every bit as good to me, but

in a package that you can just take anywhere.

Like you can work out in these, you can fly in these, you can wear them for a meeting or a phone call, or you can just sit down and close your eyes and listen to some music.

Samsung's buds have been sounding slowly better and better throughout the years, but

not like quite enough to get me excited like this.

But this year the new sound, alongside the much improved noise cancellation is what's taken them to the next level.

There's the passive isolation from the rubber tips.

Every good fitting Pair of earbuds can do this, but

then the adjustable strength active noise cancellation at maximum strength is really strong.

There's actually five levels of ANC in the settings here from Samsung.

I'm honestly not sure why you need five levels and I'm not hearing a ton of difference between them.

Maybe they should just be low and high, but

I just leave it all the way up all the time and it's easily as strong as AirPods Pro.

I actually think a bit stronger so people are going to be able to fly in these no problem.

It's at the level of background noise cancellation that I feel like it gets super quiet.

I'm hearing new things that I didn't hear in my music before.

There's also five levels of ambient mode, which is also really good.

Again, probably just need low and high, but

I, I can hear the difference between these when I slide it.

And at max level I think it's just shy of AirPods transparency mode, which is to say really, really good and way better than most other earbuds out there, regardless of price.

Sounds are natural, I can hear my own voice really well and also the people talking to me.

And then there's also this optional feature where if you're in noise cancellation mode and the microphones pick up a siren or like an emergency vehicle sound, it will automatically switch to ambient mode so you can hear it.

So if you're a cyclist or a pedestrian or something like that, you'll always hear that very important sound.

And it can also automatically switch to ambient when you start talking.

So if you need to have a conversation real quick, it lets you hear the person you're talking to without taking out your earbuds or squeezing the stem.

You can have that back and forth chat and then like 5, 10 seconds after you finish talking, it automatically switches back to noise cancellation mode.

Seems to be pretty ideal for like that airplane situation where you're just listening to music and then the flight attendant comes with the snacks and you have to talk.

I kind of always by default take my earbuds out, but

if you want to leave them in and just start talking now, you can.

Battery life is rated at 6 hours with ANC on 7 with it off right around the industry standard, aka longer than I'd ever want to wear earbuds in a row.

Anyway, in case you're wondering, this is what the built in microphones sound like over Bluetooth because I'm using the built in voice recorder app to use the Bluetooth mic for this.