3 Days with the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 360! A Great 2-in-1 Laptop!

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 360 is shaping up to be one heck of a machine. I've been using it for 3 days now, and notice a lot of quality of life improvements over past Galaxy Book laptops. Intel Copilot has real potential, Vision Booster is legit, and the audio is top notch on this year's model. I say that every year, but this time it's even better than usual.
There will be Benchmarks and Gaming related videos coming soon, along with the full review and detailed comparison to the Book3 Pro 360.
One note about the Reflections Test - When there are windows directly behind you, it's much improved on this year's model. I'll make sure to include a sample of that in the full review.
Video Chapters
0:00 - 1 - Vision Booster
1:38 - 2 - Intel ARC Performance Slider
2:26 - 3 - Better Reflections Handling
3:23 - 4 - Much Quieter This Year
4:03 - 5 - Intel Copilot (MS Copilot)
6:38 - 6 - Improved Audio
9:05 - 7 - One Issue with Galaxy Buds2 Pro
9:43 - 8 - Thoughts after 3 days use
Thanks for watching.
#samsung #galaxybook4pro360 #galaxybook

[@surrcram]

I appreciate the sheer depth of these videos. It does more to sell the Book 4

[@RADERTECH]

Thank you so much. It's a really nice machine, I'm interested in how the cpu and arc gpu will test out. I'm working on all of that this week. lots of prep work for those videos, lol.

[@Techier868]

Thanks for the review so far🎉😊

[@RADERTECH]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@gao1812]

Thx for this review ❤

[@RADERTECH]

You're welcome, thanks for stopping by!

[@JeanRivau]

Thanks for the insights! I really appreciate your unique view of the Samsung ecosystem and its products. In this case, specially the comparison with the book3 is very helpful. Thanks

[@RADERTECH]

Thank you so much, I appreciate you!

[@HDRPC]

Excellent laptop. I love it. Great video

[@RADERTECH]

Thank you so much, glad you're enjoying it too!

[@fernandocs4783]

Thanks Rader. Good video. Are you having any issues with palm rejection on the huge trackpad? I have not been able to see one of these in person to try. I have read some people are having issues with the trackpad. Thanks

[@RADERTECH]

Thanks for stopping by. Compared to last year's that also has the same size trackpad, I feel like it's been improved. I'm noticing a lot less issues when typing and accessing the Start menu, those were biggest gripes with last years. It seems a little better this year. Thanks for stopping by.

[@daaxab]

Please do a gaming test on this. Majority believes the laptop would suck but there are some videos online which shows decent FPS. Would love to see how a free multiplayer game like Warzone would perform at low and or medium settings.

[@strummusic2561]

Yes, I also want

[@RADERTECH]

Noted my friend. I'm not sure of which specific titles I'll test with, but will try to cover a few that cover different aspects of gaming. Thanks for stopping by!

[@RADERTECH]

@@strummusic2561Noted my friend, thank you.

[@anubis3647]

This laptop should be fine for gaming; there are gaming handhelds using this exact same chip.

[@anubis3647]

You can look at arc 155 h performance online it'll be the exact same

[@janglaser585]

I cant wait for more videos about this laprop. Im actually very interested😅

[@RADERTECH]

Awesome, lots more to come my friend. Thanks for stopping by!

[@soham565]

Great video as always Rader. Please make a detailed tips and tricks video on this model. That would be really useful for early adopters like us. Thanks!

[@RADERTECH]

Thank you my friend. Absolutely, that's a guaranteed video, for sure!

[@soham565]

@@RADERTECH Yayy ❤️❤️

[@Optora.]

Thank you so much for the update and insights. Great Video 🎉 this is the most beautiful laptop with the best buildquality I've ever seen. and this is all in such a narrow, high quality case. overall it is great laptop, very good display, fast, good speakers, very high quality build and good hinges. Got even 0 Bluetooth delay with sony xm5 overears

[@RADERTECH]

It's a great machine, for sure! Congrats on getting it!

[@chrishamilton1189]

Great job. So there is no difference between Book 4 Pro and the Book 4 Pro 360 besides size and hinge?

[@RADERTECH]

S Pen support. You only get it on the 360 and 360 Pro, and it doesn't work on the Pro and Ultra models.

[@GliamicidiSemolino]

Ciao sarebbe interessante vedere la differenza di prestazioni quando collegato alla presa e prestazioni quando è a batteria. Grazie

[@gadgetsawol3614]

Hey mate - your videos are awesome and convinced me to pick up a Book 4 Pro 360 tonight :) If you dont mind, can you try running the 3D Mark timespy benchmark and let me know what you ended scoring ? I got a 3442 combined (3160 graphics + 6827 CPU). Just wanted to check if these scores are about right, thanks !

[@RADERTECH]

Congrats on getting it, and thank you kindly for the nice compliment. I'll try to do this test for you during the Benchmarking video, I'm working on that one this week. Thanks for stopping by!

[@aeronnen]

Great video, I come from a matte screen laptop and the only thing that's stopping me from buying this is the fear that reflections will be very distracting, is it something that you notice most of the time in normal daily work?

[@RADERTECH]

Thanks for stopping by. I'm actually really happy with the reflective properties of this panel. When viewing "head-on", it does a great job of diffusing light. And when viewed from side, you do end up seeing a lot of reflections, which I kind of like for side angle viewing. It keeps nosy people from easily seeing the screen. It's an interesting screen in how it handles reflections, I've never seen anything quite like it. I'm used to glossy or matte only, and this acts like both depending on the viewing angle. It's kind of trippy.

[@mr.t8123]

Hey,, regarding the galaxy book3 pro VS the book3 pro 360,,,, is there a screen coating difference, as there was with the previous book2 pro vs the book2 pro 360 model? I am not sure you would know this, since you may of not had the non-360 version, (where the 360 versions always had far more reflective screens than the Pro non 360 versions) but i cant find any reviewer speaking about this... great review btw!

[@RADERTECH]

Thanks for stopping and for the nice comment. I've never used the book3 pro personally, but based on subreddits I'm seeing, it looks like it has the same reflective screen as the book3 pro 360. I think the only way around that is to go with the newer 4 models, of which I'd wait for them to go on sale.

[@michelleenderink3664]

I got a galaxy book 4 series ad lol. Btw I got this laptop yesterday and downloaded Minecraft on it but it is bit choppy. Could you maybe do a game performance review on some games that will work on this laptop? I wonder if it works for you, what do I do to adjust the performance?

[@RADERTECH]

I'm working on the gaming performance video this week, I hope to have it out by next weekend, right around then. Thanks for stopping by.

[@syedmohdfaize7813]

Is it getting hotter while working on Adobe softwares? How much brightness nits it is? Can you please confirm

[@RADERTECH]

500 nits sdr, 800 nits hdr+. I'll be testing with Davinci Resolve and I'm starting benchmarks tonight. I'll know a lot more about heat once I'm done with that. Thanks for stopping by.

[@AleLuciani]

I've read other people saying the S pen has some problems like not erasing correctly or not working 100% in samsung notes. What was your experience? Thank you.

[@RADERTECH]

So far it's been fine, but I've honestly barely used it at this point. I'll check into all of this, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[@morm2173]

Is there a 32 gb RAM model ? For my upgrade from my surface book 2 since I have the s23 ultra and tab s8 I may choose this one over the ultra laptop

[@RADERTECH]

I hear there's a business edition of this machine that has the 32 gb option, but I haven't personally looked into it yet. I just found out about it this morning.

[@luvadealme]

is ssd upgradeable on the 360 pro model? or is there a 2nd hard drive slot?

[@RADERTECH]

I know for sure the included SSD is upgradable, but I don't if it has a second SSD slot yet though. I'll be cracking it open this week and will include a pic in an upcoming video. Thanks for stopping by!

[@woofinu]

Has the earbud problem you mentioned at the end been resolved? I have Samsung Galaxy buds and simply have not ben able to pair them to the Book4. They can pair without problem to another laptop and other phones, and other earbuds can pair to the Book4, but not Galaxy buds to Book4.

[@woofinu]

Forget that question. I recharged the earbuds anyway although my phone said that the earbud battery was at 100%, and after that, everything worked fine!

[@RADERTECH]

Thanks for stopping by for another visit my friend, and I'm glad to hear that charging them solved the issue somehow. Very strange, but glad it fixed it nonetheless, lol.

[@shubhambhangale7219]

I had same problem with my buds2pro. Do one thing reboot your buds by touching them putting in case for at least 10 seconds and then connect to galaxybook4pro360. Kindly give me your feedback

[@RADERTECH]

Thanks for sharing this. I'll give it a try when I get off work today, thank you!

[@user-le5bx6gh3m]

I’m trying to find out if it can handle photoshop mainly. Is it really the graphics card or the processor and RAM that enables better use? Thank you! It seems to have high everything but not the graphics card.

[@frieren848]

I have the identical previous model (Book 3) and it handles Photoshop AND Illustrator with no issues graphically on the older Intel Iris, it's definitely the RAM that limits how much multi-tasking you can do while Adobe is running for sure.

[@RADERTECH]

Photoshop is CPU intensive, and runs fine on these machines. Thanks for stopping by!

[@RADERTECH]

I think we'll finally see a 32gb option next year with the Pro models, same as the Ultra. It's long overdue now.

[@kshitizdewani3786]

Is the ram and storage expandable? have they Put extra slots for that

[@RADERTECH]

The RAM is not, but the storage is. Thanks for stopping by!

[@KroneFireworks]

in germany we dont have the copilot key or the Copilot-software preinstalled. thats annoying.

[@RADERTECH]

That really sucks, I'm sorry to hear that.

[@Deccerz97]

Would this exact model run lightroom classic and photoshop well?

[@RADERTECH]

Yep, both of those are very CPU intensive, and this year's meteor lake chips are performing well. It should have both of those quite easily really. Thanks for stopping by.

[@danielaldaco5606]

I also had the same issue with the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. What I ended up doing was forgetting device, then adding it through the windows settings. Make sure to leave the case open and follow on screen prompts

[@RADERTECH]

I'll give it a try, thank you!

[@kartikeyverma2533]

@radertech I have got last year's book 3 pro 360, and recently, one of the updates took out the option to stop charging at 85%. Can someone guide me on how can i get that back again?

[@albertafful3345]

Do you mean you can't find it in the samsung settings anymore? I still have mine even turned on as I type

[@RADERTECH]

That's very interesting. I just checked mine, and it's there. Please make sure you have all of the latest updates from Samsung Update, they've been pushing out a lot them lately. I just checked the latest book4 as well, it's there too.

[@catto3631]

Can this laptop run autodesk apps? Is it good for working like ms office?

[@RADERTECH]

Oh yeah, no problem at all. Those are CPU intensive, and this year's meteor lake chips seem to be testing quite well. I'll be doing benchmarks later this week and will have a better idea then. Thanks for stopping by!

[@Homka2509]

Is it portable? I mean, is it easy to carry around? 16 inch seems to be too big.

[@RADERTECH]

Well, it depends on how you look at. It's super thin and light, but that 16" body makes it quite large. I like it though, you get used to after a while. I do wish we'd get a 14" option like on the non 360 pro.

[@loitersquadX]

I am going to start live streaming, and video edit. Will this be good or tab s9

[@RADERTECH]

For live streaming and editing, I would definitely go with the galaxy book over the tab s9. It's just a better experience in all areas for those use cases. Thanks for stopping by.

[@loitersquadX]

@@RADERTECH thanks im gonna sub to you for replying!!

[@noneofyourbiz5973]

What type of Intel Arc does it have please?

[@RADERTECH]

I'm pretty certain it's the latest A350M. Thanks for stopping by!

[@jeffgostovich4975]

Best review I've seen yet. Smashing that subscibe button! QUESTION: My fingerprint sensor does not function and in settings it says its unavailable, as well as facial recognition, for Windows Hello. That leaves me w/PIN only (which I despise). I contacted both Samsung and Windows support and neither can fix it. Did I buy a lemon???

[@RADERTECH]

Thank you so much! I'm working on quite a few videos for this machine at the moment, keeping me very busy. So I've had that issue happen a couple times, on both last year's and the book2 pro 360. But I don't recall ever losing the option entirely, just that it stopped recognizing them and I had to redo my fingerprint. There's no facial recognition though, not on these galaxy books, so that should be greyed out. I would first check for Windows Updates and also Samsung Updates, as there's quite a few that come through in the early goings. Also, instead of going to the Windows 11 section, try just searching for Fingerprint from the Start menu, and go over the regular fingerprint settings, you'll likely be able to set one there. One more last option - Open up Samsung Device Care and do a Factory Reset. I know it sucks, but during the Setup process, you should be prompted to add a fingerprint. I show this steps in the unboxing video. One of these should get you going. I don't think you have a dud, it's likely driver related or it's because you're looking in the Windows Hello section. Hope this helps, and thanks for your new support!

[@arnulforamirez4836]

hows the screen wobble on this years model did it improve compared toi last years model

[@RADERTECH]

Thanks for another visit my friend. A little bit, but not much. I show it a bit in the unboxing video.

[@arnulforamirez4836]

@@RADERTECH no problem ok yeah i did watch your unboxing but remember thinking of exchanging my new hp spectre with the 4050 for the new samsung but this display also is really nice hp made to where you can adjust the contrast thru there software so all colors are great very deep blacks i put up a review on my channel if you wanna check it out

[@MK-gf9mf]

Is it worth to buy the book 4 pro or does the 3 pro do it?

[@RADERTECH]

Depends. The new screen handles reflections much, much better. But otherwise, they're very similar machines. If you're saving more than a couple hundred bucks on last year's, I'd personally go with it.

[@amitpatro7899]

Please do a comparison between tab s9 ultra and this new device,on the basis of spen latency,volume,power performance,brightness,display

[@amitpatro7899]

Please do reply

[@RADERTECH]

Great suggestion, thank you!

[@RADERTECH]

You got it, here you go my friend :)

[@rehanyawar7207]

How has the battery life held up?

[@RADERTECH]

So far, so good. It seems a little better than last year's, which was already good. I'll know more later this week when I'm putting it through benchmarks, and will be doing a media consumption test compared to last years - that's always a good indicator for the other battery tests. Thanks for stopping by.

[@cc_snipergirl]

To get the earbuds working, try disabling Dolby Atmos or switching off of it and back on. I had similar issues with my Book3 and Sony earbuds that they patched out. Sometimes turning off multi control or Bluetooth and turning it back on works too. From my experience, I believe it has to do with the way the laptop is handling multipoint. Samsung is trying to do it their way while the earbuds want to do it a different way.

[@RADERTECH]

That's a great suggestion, I'll give it a shot when I get off work tonight. Thank you!

[@SumanthSam]

great video! but I was expecting some practical aspects aswell. Like the battery backup, keyboard quality.....

[@RADERTECH]

In time, this was just an early look. Thanks for stopping by!

[@Knipper2000]

You didn't see a difference in window reflections because anti reflective coatings don't work well off angle. The light is cancelled with the most effectiveness when it's reflected head on. If you angled both Laptops so that the screen is facing the window, there should be a bigger difference.

[@RADERTECH]

You're 100% correct my friend, I put a note about all of that in the description when I posted this. I'll make sure to show that in the full review. Thanks for stopping by!

[@Knipper2000]

​@RADERTECH ah right I didn't read the description, my bad.

[@deepaksaini6025]

did you face any screen cracking issue

[@RADERTECH]

No, it's been fine. Thanks for watching.

[@farissuliman]

Do you think this laptop would be good for VFX

[@RADERTECH]

Borderline good, but you might want to consider the Ultra if that's your main use case. Thanks for stopping by.

[@Dheigner]

Is it worth to buy this book4 pro 360??

[@RADERTECH]

If you can afford it, it's a nice machine. The battery life is nuts on this year's model. But last year's machine is great too, and you might be able to find it a steep discount.

[@pasa5000]

I got this laptop and I can't install my update for several days "2024-02 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034848) Install error - 0x800f0845" anyone else has this issue or did I just get a Lemon ??

[@RADERTECH]

I doubt if you got a lemon, it's not too uncommon for the Windows Updates to fail from time to time. There may be another update pending that hasn't made it to you, and perhaps check Samsung Update to make sure all of those apps/components are updated as well. If it persists, then a reset may do the trick, though I doubt if that should be needed.

[@yuva1krishna]

Hp spectre 360 2024 or book 4 pro 360 which is better for entertainment and gaming

[@RADERTECH]

It's about a toss-up really. If taking notes and drawing is a priority for you, I'd go with the Galaxy Book pro 360 for the s pen, but otherwise they're very similar spec wise. I darn near picked up the HP Spectre back in 2021 when I first started this channel. That would have changed everything, lol. They're both nice machines, but of course I prefer Samsung for the ecosystem integration perks.

[@yuva1krishna]

@@RADERTECH thanku ❤️

[@HDRPC]

Update Intel Bluetooth driver from windows update.

[@RADERTECH]

I have, but still no luck. I'll keep a lookout for an updated driver, thank you.

[@IceBlueLugia]

How is the battery bro, this is a dealbreaker for me

[@RADERTECH]

I just dropped a video on battery life. It's flipping' amazing this year!

[@ankitbharad]

9:06 same issue I am facing with the buds 2 pro. Exact same. I tried repairing it with my book 4 pro 360 then it works fine, but it will disconnect with other Samsung devices. Samsung really needs to fix software issues with this laptop. Hope they will fix it in the coming updates. Rader as you keep using this laptop with other Samsung devices you will see alot of bugs and issues and the experiences is not at all good. I have searched each and every setting and done everything it is just headache for the people who are not really tech savay like I am, because I can fix these problems by going in settings and all but what about normal users who just want a product which will work right out of the box! Not a great experience from Samsung this time!

[@RADERTECH]

Yeah, it sucks, for sure. I just read an article this morning that says the latest March Windows Update for the galaxy book is supposed to address a lot of these issues, but I'm not holding my breath. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your experience.

[@abhiramsrivastava2977]

What about battery...

[@RADERTECH]

So far, it seems a little better than last year's, which was already good. It's early though, I'll be posting a video later this week about battery life, same as last year with the book3 pro 360. Thanks for stopping by!

[@mojotinagum3550]

Please do a macbook pro comparison

[@RADERTECH]

I would if I had one to compare to. Perhaps as the channel grows, I'll be able to get my hands on more stuff to compare with. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@mojotinagum3550]

@@RADERTECH thankuu

[@sandrahildebrand4475]

Lacks eyefriendly DC Dimming or high PWM 2000Hz Huawei or Asus alike. Sound is at best OK, far behind Yoga 9i or Spectre X360. Display wobbles easily, making work on trains or plains difficult. But 16‘‘ is a gift underway compared to 14‘‘. Reflection reduced Oled panel classleading and stunning. But way too expensive.

[@RADERTECH]

I'd say you summed it up well! Thanks for stopping by.

[@pdade6040]

The same is happening with my left bud

[@RADERTECH]

It sucks. I haven't figured out how to resolve it yet either, and have tried quite a few suggestions that folks have mentioned. Though I will admit I haven't played around with much, hopefully this weekend. Hopefully we both get this sorted out soon.

[@pdade6040]

Yeah, If I find a fix for mine I will share

[@user-du4bf4dh5l]

BEWARE FUTURE BUYERS! All Galaxy Book 3 Notebook models had problems with the screen breaking for no reason, with the mere normal use of the notebook. And Samsung does not recognize its own responsibility for this problem even if the notebook is under warranty. And there is no guarantee that Samsung has fixed this problem in this new version. Research this problem on the internet, it happened to me and it was just emotional exhaustion and financial loss with Samsung.

[@RADERTECH]

I'm sorry you faced this issue, but I really don't think this is a widespread issue in any way. The first gen had a really thin screen, but they started making it quite a bit thicker from the book2 line on. I don't know of anyone who's had issues with their screen on book2 and newer models, and I'm buried in the subreddits. I really don't think folks have anything to worry about as long as they don't toss them around or are aggressive with it. Thanks for stopping by.

[@brickthagr8871]

​@@RADERTECHI want to purchase the book 4 pro 360 for school, media viewing, game streaming, the basics. I've seen soo many comments like this on review videos and it has me worried about purchasing one. I don't want to spend that much and get stuck with a cracked screen with no warranty support :/ if you haven't had any issues with yours and don't think it's an actual widespread problem, I might have to get one lol

[@Falsh125]

You focussed too much on the minor aspects. Rather than the performance settings, you should focus on how well those settings apply in real life usage, or at least some benchmarks.

[@surrcram]

You can wait for those, Rader tech usually does some in house testings first, and I'd personally want real life tests of this device months from now

[@RADERTECH]

This is just a "getting our feet wet" video, I've only been able to use it for 3 evenings so far my friend. Benchmarking starts tonight, followed by battery life tests, video editing and gaming performance. I'm only 1 person, so I get them out when I can, please be patient, they're coming. I also have to trickle in videos about other Samsung devices, or else I'll tick off the broader audience that's not interested in this machine. I hope you can understand, thank you.

[@RADERTECH]

@@surrcramThank you my friend!

[@Falsh125]

I am not complaining. It's your channel and your hard work. I just stated the fact as a suggestion. Good luck and no offence meant. 🏳️

[@infamouse9149]

Jealous of the keyboard... here in Canada, I can only get a gawd-awful 'bilingual' french/english mess. Samsung has ruined such a nice machine by not allowing us to get a 'normal' keybaord here.

[@RADERTECH]

That really sucks, I'm sorry to hear that :(

[@ArthropodSpidey]

It's not Intel Copilot. It's Microsoft Copilot.

[@RADERTECH]

I know, I'm sorry about that. When I was making this video, it was advertised everywhere as being Intel CoPilot, which I thought was a little strange right up front. Then a couple days later it's labeled properly as Microsoft CoPilot everywhere. There's a mobile version now on the Play Store as well. Again, sorry about that, I hope you're having a great day!

[@veddotcom]

Did you test rhe battery performance?

[@RADERTECH]

Not yet, that's coming later this week. Thanks for stopping by!

[@HDRPC]

Update Intel Bluetooth driver from windows update.

[@RADERTECH]

Awesome, thank you, I'll give that a shot. I have it fully updated as of yesterday, but I'll check again later tonight. Appreciate you!

[@HDRPC]

@@RADERTECH most welcome

[@Techier868]

At least you're getting out of the right ear LOL, I'm getting out of zero ears😂😂😂😂 will try updating the driver as suggested