

In terms of colour, the Galaxy Buds 2 are available green, white, black and purple variants (or Graphite, White, Olive and Lavender as Samsung labels them), and that gives them some personality. Comfort levels are also good over short and long periods so aren’t many issues we have with Studio Buds in this regard. Nevertheless, once the right fit is achieved the noise isolation they offer is very good, providing a solid bedrock for noise cancellation to further eliminate surrounding noises. We wouldn’t necessarily say that equates to a better fit (we haven’t yet tried out the new Galaxy Buds) as we felt the Studio Buds fit was a bit fussy at times. The Studios Buds are slimmer and more ergonomic in shape. Otherwise, all we can tell that’s different is that the Galaxy Buds 2 have a more glossy look than before. It’s apparently the smallest and lightest earbuds Samsung has made yet, so comfort seems to be a big priority for these true wireless. It’s the same bulbous design as most of Samsung’s other earbuds, but the wing-tip/stabiliser the original had is gone. The Galaxy Buds 2 nearly identical to the original, which isn’t a particular surprise in truth, but also doesn’t offer quite the upgrade we were thinking. At the moment the Beats get the win, but it’s really by the slimmest of margins. In Europe and the US they have the same price. You must be running Windows 10 in order to update the following products: Solo Pro, Studio3 Wireless, Studio Wireless, Solo3 Wireless, Solo2 Wireless, Powerbeats3 Wireless, Powerbeats2 Wireless, Powerbeats Pro, Pill 2.0, Beats Pill Plus, and BeatsX.In the UK the Beats are cheaper. Android users, however, have to download the Beats updater for Windows. Anyone with an older Beats model like the BeatsX benefit from the same functionality courtesy of the W1 chip. How to update the Beats Solo Pro firmwareĪpple devices operating on iOS 10.3 or later will automatically update the Beats Solo Pro firmware, thanks to the H1 chip. If you’re crunched for time, just 10 minutes of charging supplies three hours of listening. To charge them up just connect the Lightning cable for about two hours. By deactivating noise-cancelling and transparency audio, you can get closer to 40 hours of listening on a single charge. With noise-cancelling turned on, SoundGuys squeezed 21 hours, 53 minutes of playback from the headphones, which is just seven minutes shy of Beats’ listed 22-hour battery life.
