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Samsung Galaxy Buds hearing features approved as medical devices in South Korea
South Korea’s food and drug regulator approved two Galaxy Buds hearing features made by Samsung Electronics.
The features are called Hearing Test and Hearing Care.
They let users check their hearing with the earbuds and adjust sound to suit their hearing characteristics.
The approval means these features have been cleared as medical devices in South Korea.
The functions bring hearing checks and tailored sound settings to wireless earbuds, rather than requiring separate equipment for those tasks.
No further steps or rollout details were provided.
South Korea’s food and drug regulator approved hearing-test and hearing-assistance features in Samsung Galaxy Buds as medical devices.
The approval allows the earbuds to check users’ hearing and adjust sound to individual hearing characteristics.
The features are called Hearing Test and Hearing Aid.
The article was published on November 4, 2026.
- Who
- Samsung Electronics and South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
- What
- The regulator approved Galaxy Buds’ hearing-test and hearing-assistance features as medical devices.
- When
- The article was published on November 4, 2026; the approval date is not stated.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- The features are intended to check users’ hearing and adjust sound to their individual hearing characteristics.
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- Company
- Samsung Electronics
- Product
- Galaxy Buds wireless earbuds
- Regulator
- South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
- Approved features
- Hearing Test and Hearing Aid
- Publication date
- November 4, 2026