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AirPods Pro vs. Galaxy Buds Pro: Full comparison

Galaxy Buds Pro: Airpods Pro: Airpod Pro Comply Foam: *CNET may get a commission from these offers Both these sets of wireless earbuds have active noise canceling, but which pair is right for you? Lexy Savvides compares the Apple AirPods Pro to the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro on design, fit, performance, sound quality and battery…

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Both these sets of wireless earbuds have active noise canceling, but which pair is right for you? Lexy Savvides compares the Apple AirPods Pro to the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro on design, fit, performance, sound quality and battery life.

00:00 – Airpods Pro vs Galaxy Buds Pro
00:35 – Price
01:30 – Design and Fit
04:44 – Sound and Call Quality
12:15 – Android and iOS Features
15:08 – Battery Life
16:40 – Lexy’s Pick

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85 Comments

  1. GSR 01

    January 29, 2021 at 3:30 pm

    I bought the AirPod pros to replace my gen1 AirPods as the battery barely held charge anymore. I’m honestly not a big fan at all… I prefer the originals much better

  2. Oscar Shen

    January 29, 2021 at 3:45 pm

    I just get my Galaxy Buds Pro as a pre-order gift. I have been using Airpods pro as my carrying ear buds for over a year.
    My experience: the sound quality crushes the Airpods pro, it sounds much more open and defined with much better bass. However, the ANC and ambient mode is still not on the level of Airpods Pro, it also tends to pick up more wind noise.
    In summary I think Galaxy buds pro are the overall better package, you get much better sound quality, much more control with reasonablly effecitive ANC and ambient mode. Fair warning: don’t try extra high ambient sound if don’t want to damage your hearing. However, in terms of my favourite sounding earbuds, I would pick the Galaxy buds live. I know they don’t block out noise at all, but in terms of sound quality, it’s the closest thing I have experienced to a pair of open back headphone.

  3. Masquirrel

    January 29, 2021 at 3:51 pm

    Lexy! Hadn’t seen her in a while. Great comparison!

  4. ondra wilson

    January 29, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    To me looks like Galaxy Airbuds Pro are just a copy of the AirPod Pros; Samsung figured out the kidney shape were ineffective and tweaked them to be a step above Apple with a few changes

    • ondra wilson

      January 29, 2021 at 9:35 pm

      @Ridzuan D. Monkey Samsung had in-ear designs for their earbuds? Not that I’m aware of, I just seen the kidney shaped ones

    • Ridzuan D. Monkey

      January 29, 2021 at 9:52 pm

      @ondra wilson their do… Their always do….. .Samsung.First generation earbuds… Samsung gear icon X

    • ondra wilson

      January 29, 2021 at 9:59 pm

      @Ridzuan D. Monkey oh just looked them up, bit of a failure though

    • Krys Krys64

      January 29, 2021 at 11:50 pm

      @ondra wilson ure the worst kind of isheep lol

    • ondra wilson

      January 30, 2021 at 12:03 am

      @Krys Krys64 why because I know phones and don’t think stupid things like space-zoom is revolutionary? 😂😂 ok Samsung fan-boy

  5. NEEL BHAVSAR

    January 29, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    Which hybrid watch are you wearing ?

    • Lexy Savvides

      January 29, 2021 at 5:35 pm

      It’s the Garmin Lily!

  6. Waba Waba

    January 29, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    I had to jump on the buds pro, after trying out the plus and live.. They have the bass I prefer. I have the same issue making the buds pro fit in my right ear. In my left it’s fine right so so… I’m definitely keeping these until they launch next version.. Team bass boast setting!

  7. Khalid Latif

    January 29, 2021 at 4:21 pm

    Excellent review of two big rivals, now more choice.
    Thanks CNET.

  8. **

    January 29, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    Yeah !!! Nice too see once again Ms. Lexi !!!

  9. Colbert Massie

    January 29, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    Lexy is gorgeous

  10. Peter

    January 29, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    Which case are you using at 13:55? Looks nice!

    • Lexy Savvides

      January 29, 2021 at 6:32 pm

      It’s a leather case from Cyrill for the Note 20 Ultra

  11. nuyou21

    January 29, 2021 at 5:24 pm

    Face it, this years all about the new AirPods 3 and AirPods Pro 2. 360 Audio, poor Samsung’s as shameless as Air, sorry, Smart Tags! 🤦‍♂️😁

  12. Alfonso Ramírez

    January 29, 2021 at 5:34 pm

    I honestly just take the AirPods Pro to recharge them, I wear a hearing aid thing and I’ve had no need for it thanks to transparency mode.

  13. Lexy Savvides

    January 29, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    Thanks for watching! Which buds is your favorite?

    • Jaysupa

      January 29, 2021 at 5:50 pm

      My favourite are also AirPods Pro 🙌🏽

    • Ahmad As

      January 29, 2021 at 5:52 pm

      huawei freebuds pro

    • Babak Danial

      January 30, 2021 at 2:40 pm

      Both are great
      I like galaxy pro a bit more

    • Un Deadly

      January 30, 2021 at 4:03 pm

      galaxy buds+. not paying $200+ for some ear buds

    • 559奇偶蛇了

      January 30, 2021 at 7:35 pm

      Galaxy buds pro

    • Shylock

      January 30, 2021 at 7:51 pm

      I was more looking at your smile than listening to your reaction.

    • Zockermatin

      January 30, 2021 at 9:30 pm

      Air Pods pro

    • Kalpana Rajkumar

      February 1, 2021 at 1:05 am

      bose quietcomfort earbuds

  14. Mecha Dragon101

    January 29, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    Are these Samsung’s new earbuds ? Man I just got their live buds

  15. P Killjoy

    January 29, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    My biggest issue after getting airpods pro was the lack of support on anything but iphones. Even on mac you cant change any settings.

    I know what i signed up for, but im switching just because of this.

  16. Mary Madigan

    January 29, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    I have an apple i phone I love the air pods pro great review 👏

  17. Rodolfo Alvarado

    January 29, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    Those AirPods Pro look so ugly with the black tips

  18. Deen Sheikh

    January 29, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    Hey Lexy, i got these today, and ive been doing this today also, airpods pro v buds pro, btw the samsug hack works, if u use both phones, u can connect them w a samsung song i use an s20 fe, customise the settings, and then re connect with the iPhone. Since no curreny ios app support. Music sound quality trumps airpods pro, but yeah i love the vacume seal feel u get with airpods pro. Please share this with your users. This is a useful tip if u wana use these with apple products.

    • Lexy Savvides

      January 29, 2021 at 8:26 pm

      Thanks for the tip, Deen!

    • Deen Sheikh

      January 29, 2021 at 8:31 pm

      @Lexy Savvides welcome, do try it out. Adjust the settings as per your preferences on your Samsung and connect with ur apple device. Another discovery, the voice sensor is a bit sensitive on the buds pro, they will go into ambient mode even when your breathing heavily such as during a work out. It even picked up my humming along with the tunes i was listening to on my iPhone. As useful as the speech sensor is, it is something that will take getting used to.

  19. Alex A

    January 29, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    6:58 : That’s what she said…

    • sherri moquin

      January 29, 2021 at 8:42 pm

      😆

  20. Maya Dunia

    January 29, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    youre so pretty lexy

  21. Zein Haris

    January 29, 2021 at 7:51 pm

    Tries FLAC file

  22. Malachi Ruban

    January 29, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    I figure she was going to pick the Apple AirPod Pro 🤦🏾‍♂️ but good video tho CNET and in my opinion i would take the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro💯 over the AirPod pro but both great overall

  23. Shalom Mugenzi

    January 29, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    imagine switching phones ear earbuds🙄

  24. Snub

    January 29, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    imagine switching phones ear earbuds🙄

  25. rohit thaper

    January 29, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    Try soundcore air 2 pro

  26. Teja Karlapudi

    January 29, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    Airpods pro’s call quality sounds robotic, Galaxy buds pro’s is more natural.

  27. Snigdhaman Chatterjee

    January 30, 2021 at 3:18 am

    As someone who owns both galaxy and iOS devices, I went with the Jabra Elite Active 75T. They recently got a firmware update for ANC and support each and every feature on both platforms. They even support Siri on iphones and Google assistant on Android 😁

    • Rishi Pahwa

      January 30, 2021 at 5:41 pm

      My friend recently got a pair too and is pretty happy with the price to performance ratio.

  28. WorldGoneMad

    January 30, 2021 at 3:44 am

    You get the galaxy buds for free if you pre ordered the galaxy s21, which is nice

  29. Michael Jr.

    January 30, 2021 at 4:16 am

    She didn’t put the galaxy buds pros ear tips on right. 🤦

    • Vasco Silva

      February 1, 2021 at 7:24 pm

      also she mentioned that she preferred the air buds because of fit and then went on and said it was due to the third party tips, which meant the air buds themselves didn’t fit well lol

  30. Shah RA

    January 30, 2021 at 5:26 am

    Just what I’ve been waiting for. Great presentation as always

  31. jvcex

    January 30, 2021 at 10:32 am

    thanx for review Lexy

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  33. JÕAO ALVES

    January 30, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    Is this new Samsung earbuds pro have the crisp sound like Samsung’s S8, S9 in the box AKG earphones have it!

  34. Andrew Tarrant

    January 30, 2021 at 4:14 pm

    Buds live all the way

    • Lol No

      January 31, 2021 at 1:05 am

      Nah bro I own both the buds live and buds pro, got them both on their release days. The buds live are slightly more comfortable imo, but the buds pro are better in every other aspect. Although not going to lie, the buds live are I think the only earbuds on the planet that you can comfortably wear while you sleep on your side, so that’s a major benefit to the lives!

  35. Mr.GaryBoby

    January 30, 2021 at 6:08 pm

    Can you show me where you got your third party eartips?

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  36. Rob A

    January 30, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    No links for either product

  37. Shankar R

    January 30, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    Trying to be someone else. Cringed a little. She doesn’t seem comfortable to be a fun charming chick. Like the Verge. Please do what’s comfortable to you

  38. Peyman Lak

    January 30, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    Is the microphone better then the buds+ ? On a windy day using ambient mode sucks on the buds+

  39. Kal

    January 30, 2021 at 11:07 pm

    she chose the airpods just bec of the 3rd party tip lmao

  40. @BlaqArtist

    January 31, 2021 at 2:12 am

    5hr battery life on buds pro….?

    • Uchiha Itachi

      January 31, 2021 at 12:59 pm

      Really??

    • @BlaqArtist

      January 31, 2021 at 4:54 pm

      @Uchiha Itachi yeah.. deal breaker. Marketing promotions don’t mention battery life. I already have the buds +

  41. Brian

    January 31, 2021 at 4:13 am

    I am pretty sure you can set google assistant instead of bixby by going into settings then apps then bixby voice then turn off set as default. After you do that then google assistant should be available.

    • Lexy Savvides

      January 31, 2021 at 10:31 pm

      Yep you can but you can’t get the earbuds (rather than the phone) to register you saying “Hey Google” – instead you have to long press the buds touch panel to bring up the assistant. Let me know if you can get it to work with voice activation though! It might be a trick I didn’t find yet.

  42. Angelo Hernandez

    January 31, 2021 at 7:56 am

    TBH, she is the best Female Tech Reviewer in YT!

    • Bauer Fisher

      February 1, 2021 at 6:47 am

      iJustine is also good

  43. Younus Haroon

    January 31, 2021 at 10:12 am

    Can we get the link for the airpods pro silicon tips? that you have used

  44. Pasquale De Martino

    January 31, 2021 at 4:14 pm

    A livello musicale mi dite quali suonano meglio grazie

  45. Vedang Upadhye

    January 31, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    Guys which one you’ll go for ?

  46. David Martinez

    January 31, 2021 at 11:28 pm

    Kind of Wierd On The Battery Claims,With Sam’sung She Didn’t Know About The 8hrs Without ANC And Low Balled The Numbers With Samsung By Comparing Samsung ANC Charge 28 Is Without Anc Vs Air Pods Pro With Out ANC Battery.

  47. Matthew Howell

    February 1, 2021 at 4:04 am

    If I had known that there were third-party ear tips, for the AirPods Pro, I would not have returned my AirPods Pro to the Apple store.The included ear tips were so small, they kept falling out of my ears.

  48. Shaun Haankwenda

    February 1, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    So….no conclusion. Got it.

  49. Vaibhav Vikram Singh

    February 2, 2021 at 12:18 am

    what about the comparison between galaxy buds pro and bose qc earbuds ?

  50. Dinosaurs of 2016

    February 2, 2021 at 2:25 am

    I have always headphones with stems going down and the buds stick out a lot more do the pods are an easy choice for me because of the design

  51. Asmita Siva

    February 2, 2021 at 4:08 am

    Love both but mine is samsung I have been using buds plus . Is really good than apple

  52. Naveed Khan

    February 2, 2021 at 7:12 am

    Video could’ve been shorter.

  53. Техно Дом

    February 2, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    So, is there someone who bought buds already, could you write me small review, I am about to buy them, but don’t sure yet. :0

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