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No charging-case IP code inferred."}},{"url":"https://www.samsung.com/uk/business/audio-sound/galaxy-buds/galaxy-buds-pro-r190-sm-r190nzkaeua/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["manufacturer_url","series","model_numbers","markets","segment","form_factor","bud_shape","colors","drivers","anc_type","anc_levels","wind_noise_reduction","automatic_device_switching","head_tracking","virtual_surround","audio_sharing","battery_life_claimed","quick_charge_min","quick_charge_playback_h","feature_requirements"],"notes":{"model_numbers":"Original 2021 UK Phantom Black SM-R190NZKAEUA. SM-R190 is the exact manual identity. Buds2 Pro and later Pro generations are excluded.","anc_type":"Maker explicitly uses microphones inside and outside to monitor noise. High and Low are two selectable ANC strengths. Voice Detect switches ANC off and ambient on when speaking, rather than proving automatic ANC strength adjustment.","wind_noise_reduction":"Documented Wind Shield chamber and mesh plus less-protruding physical design. This is distinct from a selectable wind-processing mode.","head_tracking":"Exact 360 Audio with Dolby Head Tracking. Galaxy One UI 3.1 or later and supported device, apps and content.","audio_sharing":"Buds Together explicitly connects two Galaxy Buds Pro pairs to one Galaxy phone. One UI 2.5 or later required. Not generic multipoint.","battery_life_claimed":"Music 5 hours plus 13 case-recharge hours means 18 total with ANC. Off is 8 plus 20, or 28 total. Preproduction test with recently released Galaxy smartphone. Exact host, volume, codec and firmware unstated.","quick_charge_playback_h":"Exact UK maker gives one hour after five minutes. Original French fiche gives 55 minutes, while updated French fiche and global maker table give 60. Current exact UK claim retained. ANC, codec, host and volume are unstated."}},{"url":"https://news.samsung.com/global/meet-galaxy-buds-pro-epic-sound-for-every-moment","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["spec_sheet_url","drivers","bluetooth_codecs","battery_life_claimed","quick_charge_min","quick_charge_playback_h","wireless_charging_standards","water_resistance_depth_m"],"notes":{"spec_sheet_url":"Original maker January 2021 specification table. Original and updated French maker PDF fiches also read separately. Global text is dated January 15 in Korea, while US announcement is January 14.","battery_life_claimed":"Original default tests have Bixby voice wake-up and Voice Detect off. ANC-on single-charge call claim is 4 hours, matching UK API and both French fiches. Global ANC-off calls 5 hours/17.5 total and ANC-on total 14.5 conflict with French 4.5/17 and 14, so disputed call values are omitted.","quick_charge_playback_h":"Original charge footnote begins with earbuds below 30 percent. Usage and recharge count affect duration. No explicit ANC, codec, volume, host or firmware for this quick-charge claim.","bluetooth_codecs":"Original table explicitly Scalable, AAC and SBC. Later 24-bit Samsung Seamless Codec, LC3 and Auracast are not inherited.","water_resistance_depth_m":"Earbuds tested in fresh water to 1 metre for 30 minutes. Not swimming or salt-water approval. Case explicitly not water resistant."}},{"url":"https://news.samsung.com/us/infographic-galaxy-buds-pro-introducing-samsungs-most-premium-earbuds-yet/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["announce_date"],"notes":{"announce_date":"Contemporaneous US maker introduction dated January 14, 2021. Korean global release is dated January 15 by time zone. Announcement is separate from confirmed retail availability."}},{"url":"https://news.samsung.com/ca/samsung-galaxy-s21-series-5g-launches-in-store-and-online-across-canada-follows-recent-release-of-samsung-galaxy-buds-pro/1000","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["release_date"],"notes":{"release_date":"January 29 maker retrospective explicitly says Galaxy Buds Pro released January 14 and describes existing retail purchasing. US order opening was January 14 and national retailers January 15. Actual January 2021 retail is established, while the earliest physical delivery day is not resolved. Month precision retained. Canadian package and price not borrowed."}},{"url":"https://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=UNI_UK&OriginYN=N&ModelType=N&ModelName=SM-R190&CttFileID=8170363&CDCttType=UM&VPath=UM%2F202106%2F20210603110459508%2FSM-R190_UM_EU_Eng_Rev.1.1_210603.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["manual_url","charging_port","wireless_charging","connection_types","control_types","volume_control","gesture_controls","customizable_controls","voice_assistant","low_latency_mode","companion_app","companion_app_platforms","firmware_updatable","wear_detection","anc_levels","cables_included","automatic_device_switching","feature_requirements","transparency_adjustable","conversation_detection"],"notes":{"manual_url":"Original model-specific EU English June 2021 Rev.1.1. 44-page PDF, numbered pages 1 to 43 plus copyright page, downloaded and read. Charging layout page 8 visually inspected. Separately linked September 2020 generic wearable safety PDF English section read. Its general claims are not model-specific FCC or health certifications.","cables_included":"Page 10 names supplied USB Type-C cable and separately sold chargers. Exact UK API lists one USB cable. CN teardown USB-A end and unproved cable length are excluded.","customizable_controls":"Pages 25 and 26 touch-and-hold selects noise modes, Bixby or volume. Selecting volume on one side assigns opposite volume to the other. Disabling touches is not the remapping proof.","volume_control":"Page 30 maps left hold down and right hold up. No pressure stem or physical button inherited.","wear_detection":"Pages 22 and 23 detect wearing with touch-sensitive sensors. Detection does not promise automatic playback resume. Later call-detection firmware is separately qualified.","low_latency_mode":"Page 36 Gaming mode requires Samsung Android device. No audio milliseconds or Voice Detect switching latency stored as music latency.","voice_assistant":"Page 28 Bixby via touch-and-hold or Hi Bixby on compatible connected Galaxy host. Language and region conditions apply.","transparency_adjustable":"Exact original manual documents adjustment of ambient sound volume. These are transparency settings, not ANC strength levels.","conversation_detection":"Voice Detect recognizes speaking, lowers music, disables ANC and enables Ambient sound. This is conversation-triggered mode switching, not continuous blending of cancellation and transparency."}},{"url":"https://doc.samsungmobile.com/SM-R190/016467210106/eng.html","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["firmware_updatable","gesture_controls","wear_detection","feature_requirements"],"notes":{"gesture_controls":"R190XXU0AUD5 dated May 3, 2021 adds double-tap earbud edge in Labs. No unsupported launch gesture claim.","wear_detection":"R190XXU0AUK1 dated December 15, 2021 adds in-ear detection during calls. R190XXU0AUI2 dated September 13 adds one-earbud noise control and ambient during calls. Original both-bud noise requirement is firmware-qualified.","firmware_updatable":"Exact SM-R190 history reopened. No update-support end date or future feature promise inferred."}},{"url":"https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10001319/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["compatible_platforms","platform_connections","multipoint","companion_app_platforms","low_latency_mode"],"notes":{"platform_connections":"Supported-model sections explicitly include Buds Pro. Android and iPhone music and calls, Windows PC pairing, compatible Samsung TV and Galaxy watch audio are documented. Other means TV or Galaxy watch. PC/TV microphone route and gaming consoles not inferred.","multipoint":"Maker explicitly says earbuds cannot connect to multiple devices simultaneously. Same-account Auto Switch is separate.","companion_app_platforms":"Original Buds Pro is excluded from iOS Buds companion app despite Bluetooth audio and calls."}},{"url":"https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10001316/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["firmware_updatable","companion_app","companion_app_platforms"],"notes":{"companion_app":"Current maker explicitly includes Buds Pro in the Galaxy Buds Windows PC app and update route. Android Galaxy Wearable and Windows Galaxy Buds are separate apps. Older Mac Buds Manager is not applied to this model."}},{"url":"https://www.samsung.com/uk/apps/smartthings-find/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["find_my_networks"],"notes":{"find_my_networks":"Offline-finding eligibility explicitly includes Galaxy Buds Pro. Powered buds, enabled offline finding, compatible Galaxy host and Samsung Account required. No case UWB precision finding inferred."}},{"url":"https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/warranty/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["warranty_years"],"notes":{"warranty_years":"UK Galaxy Buds category 12-month manufacturer warranty. Statutory rights and optional extended coverage are separate."}},{"url":"https://www.52audio.com/archives/71808.html","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["drivers","microphone_count","anc_type","anc_mic_count","voice_pickup_sensor","microphone_noise_reduction","case_battery_capacity_mah"],"notes":{"microphone_count":"Full original HTML final summary explicitly assigns three physical microphones in one earbud plus the ST voice sensor to call noise reduction. All three participate in the call system, so six across the pair. It separately assigns two per bud to ANC. Not an active-simultaneous count. Web extraction omits this original role sentence, but ordinary curl returns it.","anc_mic_count":"Actual outer feedforward and inner feedback microphones, plus final summary two ANC capsules per earbud, prove four across the pair. Shared call/ANC capsules count once in total 6.","voice_pickup_sensor":"Actual ST LIS25BATR explicitly described as bone-vibration speech sensor for voice detection and call noise suppression. Dedicated sensor architecture, not inferred from an unspecified accelerometer.","microphone_noise_reduction":"Actual Cirrus Logic CS47L63 audio DSP and algorithmic three-mic/VPU call noise reduction. No Buds2 DNN algorithm or Voice Detect AI classifier borrowed as call-AI proof.","drivers":"Actual coaxial two-dynamic-driver design: one 11 mm woofer and one 6.5 mm tweeter. Module thickness about 5 mm is not a driver diameter.","case_battery_capacity_mah":"Actual EB-BR190ABY case battery label 472 mAh, 1.81 Wh, 3.85 V. No USB output-capacity substitution. Earbud rated 58 mAh is separate from maker typical 61."}},{"url":"https://images.samsung.com/is/content/samsung/assets/global/ir/docs/2022-4q-Business-Report.pdf","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["chipset"],"notes":{"chipset":"Original manufacturer business report page 402, exact Galaxy Buds Pro January 2021 row, explicitly BCM43015 and RTOS. PDF downloaded and row visually inspected. Its incorrect width/height ordering is not used. DNN description belongs to the following Buds2 row and is excluded."}},{"url":"https://boulanger.scene7.com/is/content/Boulanger/8806090970627_f_0","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["drivers","battery_life_claimed","ear_tip_sizes","in_the_box"],"notes":{"battery_life_claimed":"Original French two-page maker fiche, page 2 visually read because fonts do not extract. Music 5/18 and 8/28 agree. Call ANC-on 4/14 and off 4.5/17 differ from global case totals and off per-charge claim. Only agreed 4-hour ANC-on per-charge call row retained. Original five-minute charge for 55 minutes of playback differs from current UK/global and updated French 60-minute claim.","in_the_box":"Original French fiche corroborates standard tips and USB-C cable but French references and regional package details are not copied into UK model identity."}},{"url":"https://www.u-techno.fr/media/07/84/4f/1727495431/Fiche-technique-Ecouteurs-True-Wireless-SM-R190NZWAEUB.pdf?ts=1727495431","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["colors","battery_life_claimed"],"notes":{"colors":"Updated maker French two-page fiche includes Phantom White SM-R190NZWAEUB alongside original three finishes. White is a finish of the same hardware generation, not an extra product. Availability varies by market.","battery_life_claimed":"Updated French maker fiche retains original French call 4/14 ANC-on and 4.5/17 ANC-off claims. Its quick charge is now 5 min/60 min. Native request 403, original PDF full text reopened through web. Header IP68 conflicts with detailed IPX7 and applicable UK API/manual, so header is not used."}},{"url":"https://www.soundguys.com/samsung-galaxy-buds-pro-review-46564/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["status","eq_presets","ear_tip_materials","single_bud_use","fit_test","measured_battery_life","measured_frequency_response_notes","measured_microphone_notes"],"notes":{"measured_battery_life":"Continuous music peaking 75 dB SPL with ANC enabled lasts 4 h 48. Exact host, codec, firmware, app and ANC strength level are unstated. Case recharges excluded. Pro/Buds2 comparison independently reports the same Buds Pro runtime.","measured_frequency_response_notes":"Exact current published lab curve and prose, updated charts in August 2023. Target revision, original fixture, firmware and codec unstated. No graph points converted into numeric dB.","measured_microphone_notes":"Only ideal, street and windy samples. Exact recording host, firmware and call codec unstated. Review reports some muffling and reduced background noise.","eq_presets":"Normal plus five named sound profiles. Explicitly no custom EQ. ANC and ambient levels are separate.","fit_test":"Exact review explicitly says the electronic Earbud Fit Test is present on Buds2 but absent on original Buds Pro. Physical ear-tip choices do not qualify."}},{"url":"https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_buds2_pro_review-news-55883.php","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["successor"],"notes":{"successor":"GSMArena's review calls the Galaxy Buds2 Pro the successor of the Galaxy Buds Pro."}},{"url":"https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/samsung-galaxy-buds-2-pro","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["successor"],"notes":{"successor":"Tom's Guide's review says the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro replaces the Galaxy Buds Pro."}}],"fields_filled":85,"updated":"2026-10-23"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}