If you’d like to control your playback from your phone, you can control it via voice commands, or a series of pinches and swipes. Just be aware that the location of the pinch area is closer to the bottom of the stem than it is the middle, which can be a little confusing.

Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro controls:

Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro microphone demo (Office conditions):

Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro microphone demo (Street conditions):

Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro microphone demo (Windy conditions):

Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro microphone demo (Reverberant space):

For whatever reason, we couldn’t get much noise reduction out of the Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro, but that might be one of those things that requires certain apps to be used with the earbuds, as the Windows computer and voice notes app by Samsung had similar results. Though the samples above might not reject outside noise all that well, it’s entirely possible that you’re going to have different results based on which client you use, or which device. It’s also possible that a firmware update could ameliorate this.

• Timbre (MOS-T) represents how faithfully the headphones reproduce the frequency spectrum and temporal resolution (timing information).
• Distortion (MOS-D) represents non-linearities and added noise: higher scores mean cleaner reproduction.
• Immersiveness (MOS-I) represents perceived source width and positioning: how well virtual sound sources are defined in three-dimensional space.