Samsung‘s new top-end earbuds arrive with a promise that goes beyond a design refresh — upgraded woofers, a dual-amp setup, a new blade design, and improved noise cancellation. At $249.99, the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro keep what worked in the previous model and fix most of what didn’t.
The catch: full functionality requires a Galaxy device.
According to the review, pairing the Buds 4 Pro with a Galaxy phone unlocks hi-res audio support, Gemini and Bixby voice wakeup, head gestures, interpreter translation, Auracast, auto switch, and HD voice calling. Some features carry over to Android devices running the Galaxy Wearable app. For iPhone, Windows, and game consoles, the buds are limited to standard audio, calls, and basic ANC toggling.
Sound Quality: Smoother, Not Shouty
The previous Buds 3 Pro had a fatiguing quality — certain vocal frequencies pushed too hard, and the high end wore thin over extended listening. The Buds 4 Pro address both.
The midrange is noticeably smoother. Cymbals register clearly without piercing, and hi-hat work sits naturally in the mix without drawing attention to itself.
Bass sits at the edge of what some listeners will want. It adds punch on certain tracks but can encroach on midrange presence with heavier material. The buds include a 9-band EQ in the app, which makes the balance easy to correct.
For Galaxy device users, the buds support 24-bit / 96kHz hi-res audio from compatible streaming apps. The difference is subtle but present — on certain tracks, the hi-res stream adds a sense of space and individual texture that the standard stream doesn’t quite deliver.
ANC and Call Performance
Active noise cancellation is another area where the Buds 4 Pro step forward. Low-frequency rumble — airplane engines, for example — is handled well. Midrange frequencies, which trip up almost every earbud on the market, are managed with reasonable competence.
The performance still falls short of the AirPods Pro 3, Bose Ultra, and Sony WF-1000XM6. It is, the review says, a significant improvement over the Buds 3 Pro.
ANC and transparency intensity are both adjustable inside the app, giving users more granular control over how much of the outside world comes through.
Call quality gets a hardware assist from six microphones and a dedicated voice pickup unit designed to keep the focus on the speaker’s voice rather than surrounding noise.
The dual-amp design pairs a tweeter with an updated woofer — the same configuration Samsung says drives the improved hi-fi performance.
For Galaxy users, the Buds 4 Pro represent a meaningful upgrade. For everyone else, the locked features make a $249.99 investment harder to justify.
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