- Bose quietcomfort ultra headphones (2nd generation) arrive today, September 10
- ‘Improved adaptive noise’ cancellation, USB-C audio and new ‘cinema mode’
- Impressive new colors … and a considerable price
Stop what you are doing: this is huge. The best headphones that cancel noise for Bose fans (and among the best ANC cans we have tried, the period) now have a successor.
The Bose Quietcomfort Ultra (second generation) headphones, for that name, join their recently released five -star counterparts, the Bose Quietcomfort Ultra (second generation) headphones.
And Bose carries about his apparent commitment to go a bit artistic with the color combinations with these second generation models; In the photo above is ‘Driftwood Sand’ (also available for ultra Open headphones) and willing In addition to standard black or black smoke finishes.
What else is new? Well, like Airpods Max now admits audio with USB-C cable, the new Bose flagship cans will also work with its USB-C cable for 16-bit audio quality/44.1khz or 48 kHz, and also the 2.5 mm audio connector that appears in the previous model.
In other places, the ten (10!) Microphones placed inside and outside each cup for the ear are combined with an improved active algorithm for “more precise adaptive noise cancellation and natural sound.”
Better Bose battery life? Bright
Even a quick look at the head of our review of the Bose Quietcomfort Ultra headphones reveals the area we wanted to see improved: the juice package. Up to 24 hours with an ANC, it would no longer cut it in 2025, and Bose has increased the 30 -hour claimed with anc deployed for the updated model (although there are still 23 hours with immersive audio, that is, ANC. ANC. ANC. and Several degrees of space audio added to the mixture) or 45 hours with anc off.
A good advantage here is that headphones can now be loaded during use through the USB-C port, a feature that I loved to use with Airpods Max.
There is also a new cinema mode, announced as “a new Bose immersive audio mode that allows a clear dialogue while maintaining a wide and outsourced sound stage, ideal for films and television programs, but also podcasts and audiobooks” (a function that is also launched simultaneously in the new second -generation QC qc headphones).
Together with Snapdragon Sound Support (so Aptx Adaptive is firmly in the menu) the QCUH Bluetooth version (2nd gen) is now 5.4, so an update of the chipset 5.3 of the previous set.
Should we talk about money? Of course we should. Bose quietcomfort ultra (second generation) headphones are available as of today, September 10, 2025, with a price of £ 449, that is. The same launch price as the October opening model, 2023.
Although we have not had an official confirmation about prices and availability worldwide, if Bose goes with the same launch price as the originals, that would make them $ 429 / AU $ 649 and, although I am grateful that Bose has not increased in line prices with inflation, competition is abundant at this level.
For that money, the bose quietcomfort headphones really In fact You must deliver the goods. Because? To put it without surroundings, because the excellent Sony of May 2025 Sony Wh-000xm6 are $ 20 (or £ 50) cheaper …
How good are they for money? We are busy crossing the ‘Ty splashing the’ i is in it, we assure you. A complete review of Bose Quietcomfort Ultra Arphones (2nd gen) Techradar will arrive very soon.
