In a nutshell: Samsung as a part of its late summer time Galaxy Unpacked occasion unveiled an up to date model of its high-end Buds Professional earbuds. The brand new Galaxy Buds 2 Professional function a compact, ergonomic design that’s 15 % smaller in comparison with the unique Buds Professional, measuring 19.9mm x 21.6mm x 18.7mm and tipping the scales at simply 5.5g.
The buds pack a customized two-way (tweeter and woofer) speaker setup that’s able to delivering 24bit Hello-Fi audio, however solely with suitable Samsung Galaxy gadgets and apps that help it. 360 Audio with direct multi-channel, in the meantime, is claimed to create audio that “follows” your head actions for a extra personalised surround-sound expertise.
Samsung’s wi-fi buds moreover afford lively noise cancellation that is stated to be 40 % higher than earlier than thanks partially to a few excessive SNR (sign to noise ratio) microphones. The mics additionally enable the buds for use for voice calls.
The brand new Galaxy Buds 2 Professional carry an IPX7 ranking, which means they’ll face up to submersion in as much as one meter of contemporary water for as much as half-hour. This does not imply you must go swimming with them or deliberately expose them to liquids, however they ought to have the ability to survive an surprising rain bathe or sweat generated throughout a exercise.
Battery life is rated at as much as 5 hours of music playback with lively noise cancellation enabled or as much as eight hours with it disabled. With the included charging case, battery life is pushed as much as 18 hours with ANC on and 29 hours with it off. Discuss time is rated at as much as 3.5 hours with ANC on or 4 hours with it off, or as much as 14 hours / 15 hours when factoring in further juice from the battery case. A fast five-minute cost can present as much as one hour of playback time.
Samsung additionally talked about that greater than 90 % of the plastic elements in its new buds are made from recycled supplies.
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Professional can be found to pre-order priced at $229.99 in your selection of black, white or purple colour schemes forward of an August 26 launch.
