Given how little we know about Samsung’s mysterious next smartwatch, it seems highly unlikely this thing will be announced alongside the Galaxy S20 flagship handset family and the foldable Galaxy Z Flip on February 11. 

Galaxy Buds+ vs Galaxy Buds features and pricing

While the leaked spec sheet obviously doesn’t contain a lot of information about audio quality, leaving us waiting to take actual Galaxy Buds+ commercial units for a spin to see (or rather hear) if they sound better than the non-Plus headphones, the biggest upgrade in the pipeline undoubtedly concerns battery life.

It sure looks like the Galaxy Buds+ will be deserving of their “Plus” suffix at least in this essential department, jumping from the up to six-hour endurance of last year’s “regular” model to a mind-blowing 11 hours of continuous play time. The truly impressive part is that the Galaxy Buds+ are tipped to look pretty much identical to their predecessors on the outside, gaining less than a gram in weight as a result of a substantial battery size upgrade from 58 to 85mAh.

In addition to these major enhancements, Samsung is gearing up to vastly improve the fast charging capabilities of its true wireless earbuds too, as the Galaxy Buds+ will deliver a whole hour of playtime after just 3 minutes of charging. Other notable upgrades seemingly include multi-device connectivity, a 2 way dynamic speaker with a woofer and a tweeter, two outer microphones instead of only one, and an improved touch pad with a direct link to Spotify.

Galaxy Buds+ vs AirPods and AirPods Pro – an early comparison

Before we find out exactly how good the Galaxy Buds+ are at actually playing music, it’s obviously not entirely fair to compare them to Apple’s smooth and crisp AirPods released in 2019. But the original Galaxy Buds sounded pretty good, and we have every reason to expect at least a small improvement in audio quality.