Bose's second-gen QuietComfort Earbuds cut the price dramatically, yet preserve the full Bose experience.
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds MSRP $179.00 Score Details “The new QuietComfort Earbuds deliver a top-notch Bose experience at a much more affordable price.” Pros Cons Bose has earned a reputation for making some of the best noise-canceling wireless earbuds and headphones you can buy. Unfortunately, it also has a reputation for being more expensive than the competition. Not so with its second-gen Bose QuietComfort Earbuds.
Along with a short USB-C charging cable, Bose includes three sizes of both the eartips and stability bands in the box, which should help most folks get a comfortable combo. For me, the fit was perfect right out of the box with the default medium eartips and small bands. I was able to wear them for three hours continuously without any discomfort or pressure. Water protection is rated at IPX4.
Getting the QC Earbuds connected was a cinch, and so was using Bluetooth Multipoint to add a second simultaneous connection. Even when earbuds let ideal amounts of outside sound in, they often fail to let you hear your voice naturally. With the QC Earbuds, this isn’t a problem, making them excellent for both in-person and call-based conversations.
The caveat comes into play if you use the earbuds with an aptX Adaptive- or Snapdragon Sound-capable Android phone. The QC Earbuds only support SBC, AAC, and LC3 Bluetooth codecs, while the Ultras layer on aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless for hi-res audio and CD-quality sound. By default, ANC is controlled by a tap-and-hold gesture. But as I noted above, assigning it to a single tap makes mode switches way faster. Everything you’d normally expect to be able to control is available, plus one command you don’t see very often: camera shutter control.
Basically anything you can trigger with a tap control on the earbuds can be triggered with a voice command. It works well out of the box, but Bose recommends you take the additional step of training it to recognize your voice . I’m also a big fan of the Battery Prediction section. I’ve never seen remaining battery life expressed as both listening time and talk time. This is how every company should display these numbers.
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