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Samsung's Galaxy Buds Plus
- Samsung's new $150 Galaxy Buds Plus offer several features not found on Apple's standard $159 AirPods, like additional ear tips, an equalizer for adjusting sound, and a fit that forms a tighter seal and blocks out noise more easily.
- But Apple's AirPods do have some advantages over Samsung's new earbuds. They can, for example, trigger Siri hands-free, whereas summoning a voice assistant with Samsung's earbuds requires touch controls.
- They both offer similar performance when it comes to sound quality.
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Samsung is challenging Apple's AirPods yet again with the Galaxy Buds Plus, the successor to the wireless earbuds that the Android phone giant launched last year.
The new Galaxy Buds, which Samsung debuted earlier this month alongside the Galaxy S20, come with a few improvements - such as an extra microphone for clearer calls, a new shortcut for launching Spotify, and longer battery life.
Apple and Samsung both offer advantages and disadvantages compared to the other when it comes to their wireless earbuds. Samsung's earbuds are better at blocking out noise than Apple's standard, similarly-priced AirPods, for example, but lack the ability to issue voice commands hands-free.
Here's a closer look at how Samsung's $150 Galaxy Buds Plus compare to Apple's $159 AirPods - including the features found on Samsung's cheaper buds that Apple's standard AirPods lack.
