Backfill · 2025
#204 of 383Samsung Galaxy Buds FE
Illustration: Samsung Galaxy Buds FE shown next to their compact charging case on a gradient background, both earbuds visible with the wing tip design and Samsung logo.
Samsung Galaxy Buds FE are the earbuds I ended up with after my AirPods went through the washing machine. At $100 they sound close enough to the AirPods Pro that I stopped caring about the difference after about a week. Samsung and Apple are doing basically the same thing with noise cancellation at this point, blocking out the dining hall hum and bus engine, leaving music in a pocket of quiet. The wing tip hooks under the ridge of cartilage and stays locked in during a run. An app lets me adjust the equalizer, a feature Apple doesn't offer. At $150 less than the AirPods Pro 2, they do maybe 85% of what AirPods do. That gap doesn't justify the price difference for me.