# galaxy-buds-plus: controlling Buds Plus through RFCOMM

> galaxy-buds-plus implements a Perl client for Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus settings through the headset's RFCOMM serial interface. The author developed it by probing the undocumented device protocol on Linux; some messages and options remain undecoded.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/mpxc/galaxy-buds-plus>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mpxc/galaxy-buds-plus/blob/3dc65abcd1d2314abb3bf76a4b025daa977dc694/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/galaxy-buds-plus-perl-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/galaxy-buds-plus-perl-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/galaxy-buds-plus-perl-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus and a Linux Bluetooth connection exposing a serial port.
- **Limits:** Some messages and options remain undecoded or unsupported.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mpxc/galaxy-buds-plus/blob/3dc65abcd1d2314abb3bf76a4b025daa977dc694/README.md>

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