- Samsung seems to work on two new sets of earbuds
- One model name that is spotted suggests that Samsung bypasses the knobs 2 FE
- Both product names were discovered in the latest Buds Controller -App
It’s been a strange month for naming in tech. Hot on the heels of Apple’s WWDC event, where Cupertino giant launched iOS 26, rather than iOS 19 (which would have been too easy, as the vast majority of iPhone owners are currently using iOS 18.5), Samsung has apparently been working on something with a similar head crazy moniker
But while Apple simply wants to adapt to the year (ie 2026, when most of the features of iOS 26 will land) rather than its own operating system history, Samsung looks just … bypassing an iteration completely?
What’s Happened Is That Two Sets of Fresh Samsung Galaxy Earbuds Have Been Spotted In The Latest Galaxy Buds Controller App (Wear OS Version, V1.0.08.38) by Android Authority, and Instead of Name-Dropping The Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Fe (Which Woul Prediscessors are the original Samsung Galaxy Buds FE), The Company is Apparently Working on the ‘Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Fe’ and ‘Samsung Galaxy Bud Core’.
Samsung Galaxy Buds Core (Cor!) And Bnums 3 FE: What is the deal?
It’s weird. OK, the initial ‘Fan Edition’ Galaxy Buds arrived in September 2023, and it’s been almost two years, so a plus two is three (AH-TAK), but I want to adhere to straw here. But you look at it, we usually get another generation of model before a third!
And the ‘core’ moniker is also surprising, because although we’ve gone through ‘Live’, ‘Plus’ and two ‘Pro’ suffixed buds since the original galaxy buds launched in 2019, we’ve never seen a ‘core’ offer -unless you count the 2021 Galaxy buds 2 and 2024 Galaxy Buds 3, which had nothing special SUFFIX and could be considered a ‘core’ product.
The decided Airpodsque Samsung Galaxy Bud 3 Pro arrived in July 2024 and are the company’s latest earplugs with the buds 3, after the game-changing buds 2 Pro in 2022.
Given that a two-year hole, I would not have expected to see a new pro offer for 2025, but still it leaves me to wonder what a ‘core’ offer means in 2025-ice when you consider that it is hardly a year ago the Buds 3 shelves. A return to actual ‘buds’ again, ie. A set without the pretty thick stems? I hope so.
With offers on entry-level from various tongue hitters now with Tech, which may have been reserved for ‘Pro’, which is a year ago-Think Chatgpt Integration (Hi, Nothing), ANC, Personal Sound Profiles and More-It will also be interesting to see the types of features Samsung consider ‘core’ and what it considers ‘pro’.
As these names were discovered in the APK code, there is no specific information about specifications, design, release date, pricing or even a guarantee that these are the official names. Still, I claim that Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro were some of the most talented buds of their time (sitting beautiful in my best earplugs for many months).
If either set appears at the next unpacked event, which is probably either July 2nd or July 9, I will be very eager to try them.
