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Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones and earbuds are reportedly on the way
Bose is reportedly preparing to launch some new headphones and earbuds, a refresh in the QuietComfort line. The Bose QuietComfort Ultra earbuds will be a successor to the well-reviewed QuietComfort Earbuds II and the QuietComfort Ultra headphones look to be a more premium-take on the company’s QuietComfort 45 headphones.
Bose's QuietComfort 45 headphones are $80 off on Amazon before Black Friday
You can snag Bose's QuietComfort 45 headphones for $80 on Amazon.
Bose adds swipe volume controls to its QuietComfort and Sport Earbuds
Bose adds a much-requested feature to its QuietComfort and Sport earbuds.
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds review: The noise-cancelling powerhouse
The QC Earbuds provide the best ANC performance you’ll find in true wireless on top of great sound quality.
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds offer powerful noise cancellation for $280
When Bose announced its Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 in spring 2019, the company also teased two new true wireless models. Well, it’s September 2020 and Bose is finally ready to fully reveal the Noise Cancelling Earbuds 700 and Sport 500 true wireless products. The former are now called the QuietComfort Earbuds — taking on the label of the company’s popular noise-cancelling over-ear headphones.
Bose made a 360-degree audio AR experience for the new 'Star Wars'
Audio-based augmented reality has taken something of a backseat to the more visually-driven stuff, but that doesn't mean there's a shortage of cool things happening in the area. Today, Bose is launching a brand new audio AR experience through the official Star Wars app, to coincide with the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
A closer look at the Bose 700 noise-cancelling headphones
As great as the Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones sound, let's be real: they look like they were designed for dads on a business trip. And listen, as someone who's into the whole chunky, dad-shoe trend, I'm not here to judge if you're into their design. I'm just saying that I need something with a more modern style. Thankfully, Bose has introduced its latest flagship model, the Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, which features a newly designed stainless steel headband that gives them a more stylish and thinner look than the QuietComfort line. Bose says that the wireless 700s were designed from the ground up and, compared to the QC35 IIs, they also have all-new drivers, ear cushions and USB-C support.
The nine headphones that made our back-to-school guide
So you're headed off to college in the fall. What are you going to use to help you focus when you're on deadline? To tune out the rowdy partiers down the hall? Whether you need a pair of earbuds, a set of sound-cancelling cans or just a pair of budget headphones that don't suck, our annual back-to-school guide has you covered. If you can only afford one pair, Jabra's Elite 65t wireless earbuds are our go-to recommendation. Athletes will appreciate the Jaybird Run earbuds or perhaps the wired Beats X 'buds, while market leader Bose remains our top pick in the noise-canceling category. (Go with the QuietComfort QC35 II.) And if you're looking for an over-the-ear-style headset, we have picks from Audeze, Blue, TMA-2, Corsair and Even, including a few models designed for gamers. Find all that and all our other picks in Engadget's full back-to-school guide.
Bose goes wireless with the QuietComfort 35 headphones
Ever since the first QuietComfort headphones, released in 2000, Bose has offered consumers noise-cancelling tech that's second to none. This, along with excellent audio quality, made QuietComforts become best sellers in the market. But Bose knows it needs to keep evolving, and what better way to do so than by making its latest flagship headphones wireless. Enter the QuietComfort 35. Design-wise, the new model is quite similar to the previous one (QC25), sporting a sleek and minimalist look with your choice of black or silver finish.
The best in-ear noise-cancelling headphones
By Geoffrey MorrisonThis post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology. Read the full article here.The Bose QuietComfort 20 is the best set of in-ear noise-cancelling headphones, based on our objective testing with headphone-measurement equipment, subjective listening tests conducted with multiple listeners, and more than 100,000 miles' worth of in-flight testing. In all, we considered more than two dozen models and tested the best of those, and ultimately the QC20 came out on top because it provided better active noise cancellation than any other model we tested, by far. In that regard, the QC20 even surpassed the much-bigger over-ear Bose QuietComfort 25, our pick for the best noise-cancelling headphones (though the QC25 offers additional passive isolation that the QC20 lacks). Simply put, no other in-ear headphone model comes close to the QC20 in noise-cancelling performance.
Bose recruits QuietComfort 15 headphones into war on noise
What is it with headphones and extra wordy product names? The Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling (still with us?) cans are out today, accompanied by an official press release loaded with an impressive array of vague improvements. There's a new "proprietary acoustic design" for passive noise cancellation, "more sophisticated proprietary electronics" for the active stuff and a "new proprietary ear cushion." Clearly, Bose wants you to know its stuff is uniquely awesome, but of course the one way to know for sure is to go test them out for yourself. Your nearest purveyor of audiophile equipment should have them already, and he should let you have a pair for $299.
Bose goes wireless with Bluetooth kit for QuietComfort 3
Bose already has a wired attachment for its QuietComfort 3 noise canceling headphones, but unsightly wires aren't really befitting a mobile warrior in the 21st century, now are they? Thanks to the FCC's loose lips we know that Bose is patching up that little indiscretion with the QuietComfort 3 Bluetooth Communications Kit that simply replaces the last mile of the kit between the module and the phone with a Bluetooth connection. Of course, that still leaves a cable running from the module up to the cans, which sticks you with a grand total of two distinct wires coming off your head -- not to mention a healthy sized boom running down to your piehole. We'd have preferred they worked on making this end wireless instead, but hey, what can you do? No word on pricing or a release date yet, since the FCC really isn't into that level of detail.Update: Our bad, it turns out Bose routes the music audio through the same cable as the phone audio, so you end up just a little less silly looking than we'd originally thought. Thanks, Jason!
