At this point, Samsung has a lot of experience in making true wireless headphones. Although the company worked its design muscles early on with the Galaxy Buds range, it didn’t always nail down the details. It quickly bounced back with its second edition, the Galaxy Buds+, and since then Samsung has continued to refine its aesthetics, improve sound quality and add practical features. With the Galaxy Buds Live, he even found time for a polarizing model to wear open.

While the Legumes Live were Samsung’s first headphones to include active noise cancellation (ANC), the open design made the functionality ineffective. With the Galaxy Buds Pro launched at the starting of last year, the company finally delivered a real ANC, but there was room for improvement both in terms of noise blocking and overall audio quality. Now Samsung is back with Version 2.0 of its flagship headphones, the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro (230). This set is not only smaller and more comfortable, but it also shows the massive profits that the company has made over the past year and a half. However, the most attractive features are reserved for the Samsung faithful.

Overall, the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro have a similar design to last year’s Buds Pro, but there are some notable changes. First of all, this new model is 15% smaller than the Version, which means that they fit your ear superior and are more comfortable for long periods of time. In addition, Samsung has added a vent inside each earphone to reduce the pressure. Of course, the small size means that they fit your ear well and protrude very little from the side of your head. This is a design that Samsung adopted very early on for its headphones, and the following models continue to be satisfactorily elegant.

The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro have a soft-touch matte coating, where the Galaxy Buds Pro was a glossy affair. I prefer the first one because it is more pleasant to the touch and is not a fingerprint magnet. However, it does not necessarily offer more grip and none of the surfaces affected the touch controls. The included powering matter for the Buds 2 Pro is covered with the same matte finish, which also makes it comfortable to the touch. Like the Buds Pro, this model is IPX7 certified, which allows you to immerse the headphones in up to three feet of “fresh water” for up to 30 minutes, according to Samsung.

The touch controls are largely reflected on both headphones. There is a single tap to play/Pause, a double tap to skip, a triple tap to go back and a customizable touch and hold gesture. With this long press, you can change the noise control – ANC/ambient noise, ANC/Off or ambient noise/Off – or call Bixby, activate Spotify or control the volume (bottom left, top right). If you don’t want to sacrifice some of these other features for volume, there is an additional Labs Option that allows you to double-tap the front edge of the headphones to adjust the audio levels.

It’s a bit difficult to master, but I didn’t have any serious problems with edge tapping once I figured it out. The real problem with the touch controls comes when you try to adjust the fit of the headphones. The Buds 2 Pro fit well, but like all True Wireless models, you will have to reposition them regularly in your ears. Due to the sensitivity of these touchscreens and the small size of the catchs, it is easy to type incorrectly when you are just trying to readjust. This has happened often enough to become very frustrating in the last two weeks.