Bose Announces Quietcomfort Ultra Headphones With Support For Lossless Audio Over Usb-c

Bose will now fto you move nan ANC disconnected connected its caller QuietComfort Ultra headphones, boosting artillery life to up to 45 hours. | Image: Bose

Bose has announced a second-generation type of its QuietComfort Ultra wireless headphones it first introduced astir 2 years ago. The sanction is nan same, but nan caller Ultra yet adds support for listening to lossless audio complete a USB-C cable, while still carrying guardant nan 2.5-millimeter analog headphone jack for those who don’t ever want to spell wireless.

Available for preorder starting coming done Bose’s online store, nan second-generation QuietComfort Ultra is priced astatine $449 – a mini value bump complete nan $429 originals. They’re expected to beryllium disposable starting connected October 2nd, 2025. They’ll motorboat successful 4 colour options, including black, smoke, driftwood sand, midnight violet, and white.

Battery life has been accrued to up to 30 hours pinch progressive sound cancelling, pinch an improved Aware Mode that’s amended astatine automatically boosting nan ANC to select retired abrupt large noises for illustration a passing bus. That will driblet to up to 23 hours of continuous usage pinch head-tracking Immersive Audio turned on, but Bose will now fto you push nan Ultra’s artillery life to up to 45 hours by wholly turning ANC disconnected successful nan mobile app.

A caller Cinema Mode delivers what Bose describes arsenic a “movie-like experience” by spatializing and balancing inheritance sound effects to create a wider sound stage, making speech easier to hear. The institution recommends utilizing it for podcasts and audiobooks. The caller QuietComfort Ultra besides features amended bass capacity astatine higher volumes, while inheritance sound generated by nan ANC strategy is reduced successful quieter settings and won’t drown retired “finer details” successful what you’re listening to.

Bose has improved nan Ultra’s on-head discovery truthful they’ll automatically powerfulness up and link to a paired instrumentality arsenic soon arsenic you put them on. When removed, laying nan headphones level aliases folding them into their included carrying lawsuit will put them into a low-power standby mode that Bose says will support them powered for months.

The QuietComfort Ultra now supports Bluetooth 5.4 and carries guardant features for illustration multipoint connectivity and compatibility pinch nan SBC, AAC, and Qualcomm AptX Adaptive codecs. Android users tin streamline connectivity pinch their devices utilizing Google Fast Pair, while Spotify Tap is besides supported.