Soundtouch speakers are losing some smart features, but Bose won't brick them ...

Following public backlash, Bose has extended support for its SoundTouch products and made changes that will let owners ...

A few months ago, Bose announced that its SoundTouch speakers would soon lose most of their cloud-based functionalities. The US manufacturer, known for its premium-priced audio ...

Bose is now shutting down the cloud functions of SoundTouch devices a little later. Lost features could be compensated by the open-source community.

Certain speakers are being made slightly less dumb than previously planned.

Bose is rolling out a big firmware update for a bunch of SoundTouch speakers that adds AirPlay 2 support. You can install it via the free SoundTouch app for iPhone ...

Bose released the Application Programming Interface (API) documentation for its SoundTouch speakers today, putting a silver lining around the impending end-of-life (EoL) of the expensive home theater ...

Bose announced last October that it would brick its oldest smart speakers in February, setting off customer complaints.

Bose has postponed the end date for cloud support for the SoundTouch series from Feb. 18 to May 6, 2026. The brand initially announced the discontinuation in October 2025, stating that maintaining ...

UPDATE 1/8: Following pushback, Bose is delaying the shutdown of SoundTouch cloud support from Feb. 18 to May 6, 2026, and will open-source the technology, allowing developers to create ...