For years, wireless earbuds have competed on one thing above all: shutting the world out. Bigger seals, stronger noise cancellation, deeper isolation. But a growing group of listeners wants the opposite, at least some of the time. Runners need to hear traffic, office workers want to catch a colleague's question, and commuters want a podcast without missing a station announcement. On October 28, 2026, Samsung announced U.S. availability of Galaxy Buds On, its first open-ear earbuds, built for ex...