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Bose kills SoundTouch: Smart speakers go dumb in Feb

Audio equipment biz Bose is discontinuing cloud support for its SoundTouch product line, effectively reducing the premium devices to basic speakers with limited functionality.… The company is pulling ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Bose Angers Customers by Ending Cloud Streaming for Old Speakers

Bose Corp. announced this week that it will discontinue the cloud infrastructure for its “SoundTouch” line of audio speakers in February, rendering the devices unable to directly stream music from ...
AOL

Your Old Bose Speakers Might Have Lost Some Important Audio Features

Cloud support for Bose's SoundTouch platform officially ended on May 6, 2026, effectively killing off the company's multi-room speaker ecosystem. Many long-time customers shared frustration at the ...
Engadget

Bose made the consumer friendly move to open source its SoundTouch speakers

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Bose recently announced the pending end of cloud support for its SoundTouch line of home speakers. This will, in effect, turn the smart ...
TechSpot

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

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 ...
Ars Technica

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 lining around the impending end-of-life (EoL) of the expensive home theater ...
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 announced the discontinuation in October 2025, stating that maintaining ...