Alongside the Galaxy S21 series, Samsung also launched a new pair of TWS earbuds called the Galaxy Buds Pro. The earbuds, which are less than a week old, have begun to receive an update that brings improvements and a new and important feature.
The update arrives as version R190XXU0AUA1, and is super small, coming in at just 2.20 MB. The changelog says that the update brings a hearing enhancements feature in addition to sound balance adjustments to the two earbuds. Below is the full changelog:
- Implemented Hearing enhancements feature
- Left/Right sound balance adjustment
- Improved Bixby voice wake-up response
- Improved system stability and reliability
The hearing enhancement feature and sound balance adjustment should allow users with hearing impairment to use the earbuds as a sort of hearing aid reports SamMobile.
The Galaxy Buds Pro is priced at $199.99. It has intelligent active noise cancellation which kicks in when it detects your voice, switching automatically from ANC to ambient sound when you are having a conversation.
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The earbuds also have Dolby Head Tracking which provides a 360-degree audio experience when watching a movie or TV show. You will be able to experience the direction of the sound as you move your head. Another cool feature is Auto Switch which automatically switches the connection between devices based on the scenario. For example, when watching a movie on your Galaxy Tab and you receive a call on your Galaxy phone, the earbuds will pause playback and switch to the phone for the call, and switch back to the tab when the call ends.
The Galaxy Buds Pro has a battery life of 8 hours on a single charge (28 hours with case). It goes down to 5 hours if you have Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) turned on. It also supports fast charging – charging for five minutes will provide one hour of playback time. The case supports both wired charging via USB-C and Qi wireless charging.
Samsung has also made it easy to find when you lose them. Using the SmartThings app, the earbuds will emit a beep so you know where you put them. There is also Offline Finding which will tell you the last location the earbuds were used even if they are no longer connected to your device. Do note that some of these features are only available on Galaxy devices running a certain software version.
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