2015 is the last timestamp Samsung left on the over-ear headphone category. Code strings now embedded in Samsung's Galaxy Wearable app carry a working designation for a new product called the Galaxy H1, and SamMobile reports the headphones could reach market sometime in 2027. If the timeline holds, that would close a 12-year absence from over-ear hardware for the company.
The evidence comes from connection status icons inside the Wearable app, which depict an over-ear, wireless Bluetooth headphone design. Samsung has not confirmed the product. SamMobile notes the icons show a design direction but do not necessarily represent the final hardware. The Galaxy H1 name surfaces from the same strings of app code.
SamMobile draws a competitive line from the Galaxy H1 to Apple's AirPods Max, placing the unreleased Samsung device in the premium over-ear market. That is the segment Samsung vacated after the Level On, years before the company's audio portfolio expanded through acquisition.
The Harman context
The Level On shipped well before Samsung completed its purchase of Harman and a number of other audio brands. Those transactions brought audio engineering and brand assets into Samsung that did not exist inside the company in 2015. Whether the Galaxy H1 draws on those resources, or develops as a standalone Samsung product, is not addressed in the code discovery.
SamMobile's report carries no pricing, no hardware specifications, and no confirmed launch window beyond the broad 2027 target. Samsung has not commented.