If you cast your mind back to a time Before The Pandemic, you might remember that Samsung used to release products with the 'Gear' name. These were smartwatches and earbuds designed for fitness (see the Samsung Gear Icon X for reference, also in the main image of this piece), but the line was retired when the company started making its all-in-one Galaxy gadgets which could do everything, making its fitness-specific tech all-but obsolete.

But it looks like Samsung's Gear range could be back — in spirit.

An FCC filing for an as-yet-unreleased pair of Samsung earbuds have been spotted. No, these aren't the Galaxy Buds On open-ears, because they're already out in many parts of the world. This is another pair of mystery earbuds.

The documents refer to them as the Samsung Galaxy T1, though that's possibly a code-name. Either way, it points to a new pair of earbuds coming from the company soon, and a previous leak pointed to the T1 earbuds having sports loops.

Earbuds with sports loops are, naturally, made for fitness users, as they keep the buds locked in place when you're running or jumping up and down. So these could be the first pair of exercise-designed buds from Samsung since the Gear line was ditched (it's worth noting that Gear earbuds didn't actually use sports loops, just ear ridges to lock them in place, like in the picture above).

It's unlikely that Samsung will revive the Gear name itself, but if it did put out some exercise earbuds, they'd be Gear in spirit.

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