 Hey guys, Thunder E here and welcome to a battle vape between the Galaxy Buds Pro and the AirPods Pro to find out which of these two we should pick or is there something else? So the Buds Pro have been announced and they are the latest high-end true wireless buds from Samsung. They come in three color variants. We've got the Phantom Black, Silver and Violet and the Violet looks really, really nice. Now in terms of the case design, you can see it looks very similar to the Buds Live. It's pretty much the same case, but it's interesting to see how Samsung has evolved the Buds Live from the Buds Plus, the Buds Live and now the Buds Pro. Now the Buds Pro come with a ton of features as we're going to be pairing it against the AirPods Pro. First off, this has USB Type-C charging as opposed to lightning on the AirPods Pro and that gives it an advantage because you get two hours of charge, will give you two hours of use with only 10 minutes charge. So that is actually pretty cool with the Buds Pro. You've also got wireless charging, something similar you will find on the AirPods Pro as well. Now when it comes to battery life, this is also an area where the Buds Pro have a slight advantage. The AirPods Pro have 25 hours with the case, doesn't matter if you're using ANC or not, while the Buds Pro are 28 hours with the case. Now the Buds themselves are coming at eight hours without ANC for the Buds Pro and then five hours at ANC for the Buds Pro while the AirPods Pro at about five hours or so. So that is where you have battery life situation. So let's start off with the first thing that we want to talk about with both of these earbuds. Feature sets. What kind of feature sets do I have with these earbuds? Now, both of them have touch controls on the earbuds where you can tap to play your music, touch to hold your music and of course use your transparency mode or your ambient sound which is also transparency for Samsung Galaxy Buds. Those work really well for both of them and that's nice. But when it comes to software additives, the Apple AirPods Pro have limited software function. This is something Apple likes to do. In the volume controls, you can change between noise cancellation, transparency and turn it off. And you also have spatial audio which is a great feature especially when you're watching movies. Your favorite Marvel movies getting that kind of 360 surround sound which is really good. Now, the Galaxy Buds Pro have the gear app which gives you an extended feature sets there. First, first of all, you've got your active noise cancellation. You can select, turn that on and off. You can go to your ambient sound and also select different levels of ambient sound. Now, one of the new features they added is something called voice detect. Voice detect works simply when you're listening to your music and someone's talking to you. Once you speak, it actually switches over from ANC to ambient sound and it drops the volume really low of the music so you can hear the conversation and continue talking to whoever you're talking to. But once you're done, it kicks back to ANC and the ambience and your volume of the music goes back to where you're listening to. So that is really, really nice. Then you've also got the custom EQs as well. Building EQs that like to customize your music something you will not find on the AirPods Pro. You can use a third party app and such but just nothing that's built in by Apple. So again, in the feature set area, the Galaxy Buds Pro app is really robust to give you more features and they add features within the Features Lab section. So that part is good. Now, the most important thing we care about any pair of headphones, either the ones behind me or there are two wireless buds I'm talking about, is audio. How well do they sound? So well, let's jump in and take a listen to both of them. So they sound pretty good and that's the best representation I can give you. How I'll describe it is the Galaxy Buds Pro have some really good highs, some really solid lows. The mids are a bit muddled there for me. I mean, you can separate them with the custom EQs a little bit more, which custom EQ presets by the way, I wish they were a custom EQ to separate that as well. While the AirPods Pro have good highs, some good lows, the mids are more open but the highs don't reach out as much as I would like. In terms of audio preference, I would say you have to pick and choose between the two. I do like the Buds Pro more just because I get my vocals out more and I also get those lows are coming really nice and clean but either one of them will work out well for you but I will go with the Galaxy Buds Pro here. Now, another thing people care about of course is the microphone, right? They would sound good. The Buds Pro have continued what they've done with the Buds Live and the Buds Plus and the AirPods Pro, of course, the microphone has been really good over the years. Now finally, the other important thing is the active noise cancellation. We've got two headphones here with the Buds Pro at $200 and the AirPods Pro at $250 or now around $220 and they both claim some superior active noise cancellation. I'll put it out there. They don't have the best noise cancellation. To me, it's still the Sony WF-1000 Mark III's or the SB-700's. Those have the best active noise cancellation. Now, when it comes to these two, they have really good noise cancellation. I think both of them are pretty much on the same level. I think they do a really good job of blocking out the noise. You still get some sounds to come through but really good. With the AirPods Pro, it's more forgiving with your fit. The Galaxy Buds Pro is not. So you want to find the best fit with the Galaxy Buds Pro. Play around with the ear tips to get that while the AirPods Pro, you do not necessarily need to and granted, I am using comply form tips on these right here. Now, these of course are really good active noise canceling earbuds but what about transparency mode? Now, again, they're all really solid but I do have to give the edge to Apple. I think it just is a little bit better. Samsung has done a really good job and I like the way it works but for this, I just say I have to give the edge to Apple. For me, it sounds much better. I think both of them look really good. You've got nice cases. You've got, of course, multiple colors for Samsung. You've got a white colors for the Apple AirPods Pro but you can also get cases from our channel sponsor, Spigen. We've got some awesome cases that I like to use on my devices like the Rugged Armor case. They've also got the Claire case and they've also got the Silicon Fit case that you can use on your Galaxy Buds Pro as well as also your AirPods Pro as well. Now, you're thinking, okay, Thunder E, I don't wanna get any of these, they sound good but I want something else. Well, I've got two other options I was looking at. I wanted to add into this video. First off is the Cambridge Audio Melomania Touch. Now, these are $150 and these have really good sound at the price point. I would say they sound better than actually the M2. They've got a warmer sound signature. They sound really good. Now, in terms of features with the app, it's quite limited. They've got some really nice EQs to mess around with in the application but the one downer is that the transparency mode doesn't really work as well as I would like and also the connectivity issues I've had with them can be a bit annoying. It still works well with its 50 hour battery life with the case and about nine hours with the earbuds themselves. A good one to look at hopefully they can fix some of the connectivity issues with an update and then finally we're looking at the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro. Now, the Air 2 Pro just came out. They retail for about $129. Yeah, four colors. I've got the blue one here. They've got that long stem fit and they promise active noise cancellation at $120 or so. And in terms of the ANC functionality, I would say they are decent. In the words of the great Daniel Sin, it's only 80% in terms of functionality and I kind of agree with that. It doesn't block out as much as I would like compared to see the Buds Pro or the Air Buds Pro. The transparency mode too is a bit weak and the transparency with vocals, not so much. You can customize the ANC a little bit better to give you a better sounding fit. So it will move you from 80 to maybe 85%. And when it comes to audio, the audio is good but the highs are a bit tinny and the mids also come out a bit ruffled while your lows are really solid across the board. They do have the ability to tune your hearing for the headphones which do help and something you should try out. But it's still a decent option at $129. So where does that put us? Between both the Air Buds Pro and the Galaxy Buds Pro. Well, I have to go with the Galaxy Buds Pro as my winner here. I think the Air Buds Pro are solid and they do a really good job. I give the edge to the Galaxy Buds Pro because of the longer battery life and also because of the extended features within the application. When it comes to sound, they are pretty much similar in terms of at least my preferences for both. And also when it comes to ANC, they also have similar functionalities with of course Apple Edge and Outward Transparency you know there. So if you have any questions or any comments or you wanna pick up any of these two wireless buds on here, let me know, use the link down below. Otherwise, don't forget to like, share, subscribe and always enjoy your entertainment.