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

Bose recently announced the pending end of cloud support for its SoundTouch line of home speakers. This will, in effect, turn the smart speakers into dumb speakers as they will no longer have access ...

Facepalm: Smart home appliance makers are increasingly relying on planned obsolescence in an attempt to boost sales and inflate short-term profits. Some users are pushing back, however, since few in ...

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Bose makes some of the best speakers around, but they also cost a pretty penny. So when the company revealed plans to drop support for its SoundTouch models and remove key features last year, many ...

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 ...

SoundTouch speakers could now have a second life and won’t lose support until May. SoundTouch speakers could now have a second life and won’t lose support until May. is a news writer covering all ...

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 ...

Bose is postponing the shutdown of the cloud connection for its SoundTouch speakers. Instead of cutting the connection as planned on February 18, the SoundTouch devices will now continue to function ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bose makes some of the best speakers around, but they also cost a pretty penny. So when the company revealed plans to drop support ...