One thing I did uncover in this labyrinth of apps is Studio Mode, which attempts to beautify you in real time on video calls. Those who are already plugged into the Samsung ecosystem may not have this problem. and I was never quite sure where to find specific settings and features. I counted 14 Samsung-branded programs on this device - Samsung Flow, Samsung Studio Plus, Samsung Security, Samsung Settings, Samsung Care+, etc. The sheer amount of OEM software on here is actually a bit overwhelming. For example, you can quickly move things between the Galaxy Book Pro and a Galaxy phone using the Quick Share feature and can sync up notes and the like as well. The third unique thing: there’s a whole bunch of Samsung-specific software on it that will cooperate with a Samsung phone, if you have one. Tell me this doesn’t give you serious XPS 13 vibes. This wasn’t a major problem in use, however - even around medium brightness, the panel wasn’t kicking back a ton of glare in bright settings. The screen’s main downside is that it’s a bit dim for this price point (as OLEDs often are), maxing out at 314 nits in my testing. And, thankfully, I didn’t see any screen wobble (which was an issue I had with the convertible Galaxy Book). Blacks are black, and colors are rich - the Galaxy Book covers 100 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut and 100 percent of the sRGB gamut. Note that this is a 1920 x 1080 OLED screen - it’s visibly more pixel-y than the 4K panels that you’ll often see on OLED workstations. The Galaxy Book Pro is one of few 13-inch OLED laptops you can buy (and some of the others out there have… problems), and one of the more affordable OLED devices out there, period. You will not notice this thing in your bag carrying it feels like carrying a small tablet around. For some quick context, the 13-inch Surface Laptop 4 is almost a pound heavier, and a 14-inch MacBook Pro is close to the weight of two of these things stacked on top of each other. This ties it with the Asus ExpertBook B9 (which is close to twice the price of my test unit) as one of the absolute lightest laptops in the world. My test unit is just 0.44 inches thick - almost as thin as many smartphones - and 1.92 pounds.

But there are a couple reasons shoppers might want to go for the Galaxy Book instead. It’s attractive, well built, and comfortable to use. In many ways, the Galaxy Book Pro is a similar package to a Surface Laptop 4 or an XPS 13.

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