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How to Connect the Galaxy Buds to a PC, iPhone, or Other Non-Galaxy Device

The new Galaxy Buds from Samsung are super easy to connect to your Galaxy phone. You open the case near your phone with Bluetooth enabled and viola a pop-up appears on the screen asking you to connect.

But, what if you want to connect your Galaxy Buds to a PC? Or your non-Galaxy phone? Well, it's a little less intuitive but it's not that hard.

Since I myself was trying to figure this out and realized that Samsung has no instructions on how to do this anywhere on their site, I thought I'd write it down for anyone else out there looking for how to connect the Galaxy Buds to their device.

Connect Galaxy Buds to a PC

First, here's how to connect them to a Windows computer.

Check out my video on Samsung's cheap and cheerful Windows laptop.

If your Galaxy Buds are connected to a device, make sure that they are disconnected from it before getting started. No need to unpair them, but make sure they are not connected (the easiest way for me to do this is to just turn off Bluetooth on the device they were originally connected to while doing this process).
Open the Galaxy Buds case with the Galaxy Buds inside and they'll go into pairing mode automatically (even though there is no visual indication that they did).
Now, on your Windows computer, click on the search box at the bottom left and type in Bluetooth.
Click on Bluetooth and other device settings.
Click on Add Bluetooth or other device.
Click on Bluetooth device.
You should see the Galaxy Buds in the list there, click them to pair.
You'll now need to just wait until Windows gives you a notification saying that the Galaxy Buds have been set up and are ready to use.

Connect Galaxy Buds to a Non-Galaxy Android Device

Now, let's go through how to connect them to a non-Galaxy Android device.

If your Galaxy Buds are connected to a device, make sure that they are disconnected from it before getting started. No need to unpair them, but make sure they are not connected (the easiest way for me to do this is to just turn off Bluetooth on the device they were originally connected to while doing this process).
Open the Galaxy Buds case with the Galaxy Buds inside and they'll go into pairing mode automatically (even though there is no visual indication that they did).
Now, on your Android phone, pull down the notification shade and tap and hold on the Bluetooth icon to get to Bluetooth settings.
Tap to add a device.
You should see the Galaxy Buds in the list there, click them to pair. Once tapped, they should be ready to go.

Connect the Galaxy Buds to an iPhone

And lastly, here's how to connect the Galaxy Buds to an iPhone.

If your Galaxy Buds are connected to a device, make sure that they are disconnected from it before getting started. No need to unpair them, but make sure they are not connected (easiest way for me to do this is to just turn off Bluetooth on the device they were originally connected to while doing this process).
Open the Galaxy Buds case with the Galaxy Buds inside and they'll go into pairing mode automatically (even though there is no visual indication that they did).
Now, on your iPhone, open Settings.
Tap on Bluetooth.
Tap to add a device.
You should see the Galaxy Buds in the list there, click them to pair. Once tapped, they should be ready to go.

There you go! Hope that helps someone out that was looking for this like I was. Let me know how it goes and if you have issues below in the comments and don't forget to subscribe to the weekly email newsletter for more tips, tricks, videos, etc delivered every Sunday.