Bose won't brick your older SoundTouch speakers even though it's shutting down their servers: Here's everything you need to know

As Bose explains, the speakers themselves will remain perfectly functional – so standalone SoundTouch speakers with Blueto ...

Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life

Bose released the Application Programming Interface (API) documentation for its SoundTouch speakers today, putting a silver ...

Bose goes open source with its aging SoundTouch speakers

Here’s something I’d like to see more of: a tech manufacturer choosing not to brick one of its older cloud-connected products ...
Hackaday

Bose SoundTouch Smart Speakers Get An Open Source Lifeline

After initially announcing that Bose will completely turn off all ‘smart’ features in its SoundTouch series of speaker products, the company has seemingly responded to the wave of ...

Bose Does the Right Thing for Customers of its Unsupported Smart Speakers

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

Bose Extends SoundTouch Cloud Support Deadline, Open-Sources API

Bose has postponed the end date for cloud support for the SoundTouch series from Feb. 18 to May 6, 2026. The brand initially ...
9to5Mac

Bose SoundTouch home audio: a refreshingly easy but powerful hardware and app ecosystem

Bose invited us to New York City this week to preview their new ‘SoundTouch’ speakers and corresponding apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. We were recently turned from Bose haters to fans by Bose ...

Bose is ending SoundTouch's cloud features, but not entirely killing the speakers

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 ...