Samsung Galaxy Buds VS. Apple AirPods

So I made that video recently about the Apple AirPods

They came back into my life. I've been using the AirPods. And kind of enjoying it

They're wildly successful. You see them out in the world. Other manufacturers, they're entering the space

This is the latest incarnation of the fully wireless Samsung earbud product

It has a couple of features that haven't been seen before. Probably my favorite one is the fact that this entire setup can charge

from any phone that supports wireless charge sharing. Because this is a Samsung product

and this is a Samsung phone, there's also some interplay there that's a bit smoother than it might otherwise be

with a third-party pair of earpods. Earpods? But once you're into the app

this is where I think they have a bit of an advantage over the AirPods

They're super configurable. Here we can see the battery life of each individual unit

You can use one independently of the other. You can keep one of these guys charging in the case while listening to the other one

There's some different equalizer settings here for a bass boost, soft, dynamic, clear, and so on

You can manage how these things deal with notifications. They do have touch pads on the side

Unlike the AirPods, these have interchangeable ear tips and ear hooks as well

Look at all those options. The AirPod, you've seen it before, doesn't fit that far into the ear c

For some people this fits really well, others it won't stay in their ears

These on the other hand are going to be a bit more predictable because they sit further in the ear c

and they have that secondary rubber plasticky component. They should just be a bit more secure in there considering the way that they're designed

AirPod is a bit taller but also slightly less chunky than the Galaxy Bud

So people want to know, hey, which one should I get? Considering that you can use either on multiple platforms they do work as Bluetooth headsets You could use the AirPods on Android You could use the Galaxy Buds on iOS Within the app there also a find my earbuds button so that track these down These things could be pretty easy to lose

I mean, they are tiny. Also, there's a pretty cool ambient sound option

I can actually elevate the volume of the ambient sound, the sound around me

So it'll be amplified into my ears so I can hear my surroundings while I'm listening to

music, podcast, audiobook, and so on. Now you can toggle that all the way down so that it's muted

You know, what's going on around me is muted. You can have ambient if you're on the bike, you're cycling, you need to hear if a car honks its horn or something

This can really amplify your surroundings. Of course, it's not on the AirPods

There's also a voice focus feature in there. So this looks for voices specifically and allows them to cut through that particular frequency range

I find this to be useful from time to time. Now the way that the touchpad works, you can tap to play or pause a track, double tap to play the next track, answer or end a phone call, triple tap to play the previous track, and touch and hold to use a user configurable, user's choice

You could have that launch something specifically, do something specifically, and that's user configurable

That's nice. Now that I have it for quick ambient sound, I'm going to touch and hold and see if I can lighten up the surroundings

Here we go. Oh. Wow, that's cool. It toggles ambient mode while you're holding your finger on the touchpad

I'm in ambient right now. I can totally hear my conversation, hear my own voice. Now, do I look a little strange doing this? Quite possibly

But the question you all have is like, how do they stack up against the AirPods? Now, as you guys know, I'm an S10 user. This is the device that's currently in my pocket

So the effectiveness of either of these earbuds, it has to be in correlation to this particular device

We talked about some advantages within the app. Who knows, I might be willing to give up those extra features in exchange for potentially better sound

I not really sure We start with the galaxy buds I want to make sure I got maximum volume Okay so now I know I got max volume A little sample Hmm Okay Now we in soft right now Dynamic clear base Hmm

okay i'm wondering right now if the people that have tested these already had them in full volume

or not because i read some of those things that you read and that was the experience i was having

until i made sure the buds themselves were max volume and the phone was max volume now

it's a lot more thump way more bass are people doing it wrong

it's a headphone i'm hearing instruments i was gone for a minute did the trick sort of i've heard

better kind of feel like i got to do this exact same track right now on the airpods like right

now without further ado hurry up hurry up hurry up way less isolation i hear the the fan on the

Camera here we go beginning You know neither are blowing my brains out, you know

Obviously I've tried some very expensive headphones in this spot in this seat right here

We've done it together you and I Jack Kirk and whoever else happens to be behind here on any given day

These are tiny dental floss Situations look at them in terms of sound

I think I can say based on that quick little test right there the buds

There's a bit more thump to it. Maybe my expectations were too high

They're probably closer to this performance than they are to like a full-on pair of headphone performance

That said the most striking difference for me between the two is the fit the and the feel

Right and the sound seal when you put these on you feel isolated but there a drawback to that I noticed there in my ears a little bit more this I don even feel it This is a kind of a tighter feel If I had to choose this is a bit more comfortable for my particular ear c and that part of the reason I think I

keep reaching for the AirPods in the first place. Not because they sound the best but because you just don't even notice you're wearing them. That could be

a good thing or a bad thing. Neither are going to be an amazing audio experience

but really these products are about convenience. So evaluating them on convenience you have to give certain

points to the new Samsung product because of the fact that it can charge

wirelessly and off of the phone itself also the app gives you more

configurability also another thing worth noting the galaxy buds are a bit cheaper

than the air pods so that's not much of a surprise that is a hard pick I really

don't know I mean it might be so simple as if you're on on Samsung or on Android

you might go for these and if you're on iOS you'll probably go for these just for the easier pairing across devices

Oh, it's a hard decision. I'd say if I'm about to do some kind of physical activity, if I'm going for a jog or something, I don't jog

But like, let's say I did. I will probably reach for these ones. It's just a bit more confidence in the fit

But if it's just, if it's in an environment like around the house, I actually really like the idea of not feeling the thing in your ear

As stupid as that looks, you forget that it's there. I already have so many great sounding headphones if I want to get down to business with music

I think I'll probably still reach for these more because of that factor. And then also keep my Sony headphones, the dedicated over-ear headphones

with the noise cancellation and everything else. Keep those for the discerning listening

But if I didn't have those other headphones, and I needed something that could isolate better than the AirPods

and I could only have one pair, I only had $130 for one pair

I'd probably go for these. If I only have one pair of headphones, I probably would choose these over these, but in conjunction with a really nice pair that you use sometimes, this is the I don't even notice I'm wearing them headset. That's the bottom line