It’s been greater than two years since Samsung launched the unique Galaxy Buds, so it’s time for a refresh. And due to a slate of latest leaks, we might have simply gotten the perfect take a look at Samsung’s subsequent wi-fi earbuds but.

In what look to be a collection of leaked press renders posted on Twitter by Evan Blass, it seems the Galaxy Buds2 have gotten a complete redesign to make them look and performance extra like Samsung’s premium Galaxy Buds Pro. 

Gone are the small fin-shaped wings on the unique Galaxy Buds, and as an alternative we’re taking a look at a particularly minimalist pair of earbuds whose solely distinguishing exterior traits are a pair of small holes, almost definitely for microphones.

On the within, the Galaxy Buds2 characteristic a typical set of ear suggestions and contacts to just accept electrical energy from its wi-fi charging case, the latter of which appears to be like nearly equivalent to the charging case we’ve seen on the Galaxy Buds Live and Galaxy Buds Pro.

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One fascinating notice in regards to the upcoming Galaxy Buds2 is that whereas earlier leaks prompt that they’d not characteristic any type of lively noise cancelation, yesterday a new tweet from longtime leaker Ice Universe included a screenshot of the Galaxy Buds2’s app exhibiting a toggle for lively noise-canceling.

The inclusion of ANC may very well be a make-it-or-break-it characteristic for the Galaxy Buds 2, as a result of simply this week, Carl Pei’s Nothing introduced that its upcoming $99 Ear (1) wi-fi earbuds will help ANC of some type. And with the Galaxy Buds2 anticipated to value round $150, Samsung’s subsequent wi-fi earbuds might have been a tough promote in the event that they didn’t additionally embrace some type of noise-canceling tech.

Regardless of whether or not you’re a Samsung fan or not, the arrival of $100 or $150 earbuds with ANC is a good signal for anybody trying to purchase new earbuds within the not-too-distant future, because it wasn’t way back when wi-fi buds that includes ANC value upwards of $300, on prime of being fairly cumbersome like earlier variations of Sony’s WF-1000 buds.

On prime of that, with Google having already launched its Pixel Buds Series-A earlier this spring and Apple expected to release its third-generation AirPods sometime before the end of the year, this fall may flip right into a battle for reasonably priced wi-fi earbud supremacy.

Unfortunately, Samsung has but to formally say when the Galaxy Buds2 will go on sale, although the prevailing expectation is that Samsung will announce the Galaxy Buds2 someday in August at its subsequent Unpacked occasion, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold3, Galaxy Z Flip3, and a new Galaxy Watch with Samsung’s revamped OneUI.