A month ago, Bluetooth was the only specification Samsung's own code confirmed for its first over-ear headphones. Now the code shows noise cancelling, head tracking and a Conversation mode.
SammyGuru found the new references in an APK, the installer file for an Android app, tied to model SM-U700 and the internal name H1. The software classifies it as a headset. The drawings show a headband with two full-size earcups, and the instructions call it headphones throughout. When we first wrote about Galaxy H1 in August, noise cancelling was on a wish list. It's in the code now.
According to Samsung's instructions in the app, a button on the bottom of the left earcup cycles through at least two noise modes, and a double press turns on Ambient sound while lowering your music. Ambient sound is the mode that lets the room back in. The right earcup is a touch panel for media, with a touch-and-hold action on that side too, though the code doesn't say what you'll be able to assign to it.
Conversation mode is the feature Galaxy Buds 4 Pro owners will recognize. Start talking and the headphones switch to Ambient sound by themselves, so you can answer someone without pausing anything or changing modes first. They switch back after a set time with no voice detected, or when you tap the touch panel.
Head tracking is in. In Samsung's words, it will "Adjust the sound direction when you turn your head so it always sounds like it's coming from the video you're watching." That's 360 Audio, Samsung's version of spatial sound. Head gestures are out, though. The nod to answer a call and shake to dismiss an alert that the Galaxy Buds On are expected to support are switched off for H1.
There are three auto power-off timers for headphones left on a desk, at 30 minutes, an hour and two hours. Separately, if the headphones aren't connected and noise cancelling is off, they'll always shut down after 30 minutes. The code has no battery size and no battery life figure.
There's some USB code specific to H1 as well. Plug the headphones in and Samsung's software can identify them by serial number and reconnect them to the Bluetooth device they last paired with. That's all it shows. It doesn't confirm listening over the cable, lossless audio or a charging speed.
Samsung hasn't announced Galaxy H1, and the name may not survive to launch. Early 2027 was the expected window when the first code turned up in August.