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The beans offer iOS app sport, why not newer earbuds? Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge But user reviews of both apps are mixed, and they’re clearly no replacement for official native support.
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For example, the Android apps Assistant Trigger and AndroPods promise to show your AirPods battery life and allow you to access your phone’s voice assistant such as Google Assistant with a squeeze or tap of the AirPods’ stem. In some cases there are third-party apps designed to fill in the blanks. Or if you suspect that your AirPods Pro’s battery is draining too quickly while listening to music on an Android phone, you don’t have an official battery indicator to troubleshoot what’s going wrong (although iOS’s system-level battery indicators mean this isn’t a problem for iPhones).
If your earbuds encounter a bug, there’s no chance of getting updated firmware to fix it if you’re on Android. These are the kinds of features that you could grow to miss in the long term, especially if you ever need to troubleshoot any problems.
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That means you’re out of luck if you want to update either earbuds’ firmware on a competing operating system.
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Most AirPods Pro controls are built directly into iOS, for example, while Samsung’s Galaxy Buds companion app doesn’t support its recent true wireless earbuds on iOS. So too can you control features like noise-cancellation and transparency (aka ambient) modes, which aim to block out and let in outside noise, respectively.īut lacking a companion app or native operating system support means you simply can’t access certain earbuds’ features if you’re not using the earbuds on their own platform. The good news is that basic functionality, like being able to listen to music and access playback controls from the buds themselves, is available regardless of whether you use the earbuds on iOS or Android. Galaxy Buds 2’s ecosystem lock-in versus AirPods Proīefore we get into the details, here’s a chart showing which features you get with the AirPods Pro and Galaxy Buds 2, depending on whether you use the earbuds with iOS or Android:ĪirPods Pro vs Galaxy Buds 2 ecosystem lock-in FeatureĪutomatic switching between phone/computer etcĪpple’s AirPods vs Samsung’s ecosystem lock-in. If you’re an iPhone user, it’s an annoying enough situation that it feels like Samsung isn’t interested in your money.īut how bad is the ecosystem lock-in with Apple and Samsung’s latest earbuds really? Here are the specific ways you’ll miss out. While I can happily use the iOS companion app to tweak and update last year’s Buds Live, the same app won’t be able to recognize Samsung’s latest buds. Samsung wants you to buy a Samsung phone, so it appears to be locking you out of numerous little features, much like how Apple’s AirPods Pro are similarly restricted if you try to use them with an Android phone, or how OnePlus’ earbuds were missing key features when used with non-OnePlus Android devices at launch.
And third? I just love that they’re shaped like little kidney beans.īut if you were to try the same thing with Samsung’s newer Galaxy Buds Pro or Galaxy Buds 2 you’ll find Samsung’s iOS earbud companion app hasn’t been updated to support them. Second, they work with Samsung’s companion Galaxy Buds app on iOS, so I can still access their advanced features. But it’s a pairing that makes sense for me: First, I need something that sits entirely within my ear, without a stem that’s going to risk being knocked about by a bike helmet’s strap. People always look at me weirdly when I say that I use Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live with my iPhone 12 Pro.