Bose QuietComfort Earbuds - True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation and Mic, USB-C Charging, IPX4 Rating, Up to 8.5 Hours of Playtime, Black

I was gifted a pair of these Bose Quiet Comfort Earbuds by a close friend of mine. I have been using Air Pod Pros both the 1st and 2nd Generation exclusively and nothing else. I use Foam Tips on my Air Pod Pros and have been very happy with the sound quality, noise cancellation effectiveness, and comfort with the Foam tips. I ordered some Foam Tips for these Bose QC Earbuds and I'm not sure if it was just the brand or simply how the tips mount to the Bose QC earbuds but I did not like the Foam Tips that I purchased for these ear buds. They did not create an effective seal when inserted into the ear canal and it did not matter if it was S/M/L because of the lack of the seal creation it rendered the noise cancellation useless. I have had these about 3 days now and have been giving them a good test run. The silicone tips in medium that come attached to the Bose QC earbuds have actually been comfortable to wear in my ears. I don't understand why they have been so comfortable to wear seeing that Apple Air Pod Pros silicone tips hurt my ears. The silicone Tips on the Bose QC create a great seal while in my ear canal and the noise cancellation is every bit as effective as my Air Pod Pros using the Foam tips. If you go read earlier reviews on the Bose QC earbuds you will see all the negative reviews about connection issues, mic issues, etc. Bose revamped the Bose QC earbuds correcting all the issues from their earlier versions of the ear buds. In addition to that they came out with an app to compliment the ear buds. In the Apple Store it's called Bose QC earbuds. I charged the ear buds to 100% in the case when I first opened them up in the box. I downloaded the app from the Apple App Store. I went to Bluetooth on my phone and connected the Bose QC ear buds to my phone. Open the case and it should put them in pairing mode automatically. I placed the ear buds in my ears and opened the app. I connected my ear buds to the app. Right away I saw there was a software or firmware update. While the ear buds are in your ears and the app is open and you have good signal run the update took about 3 minutes. You can customize everything on your ear buds to your personal preferences in the app. It is extremely easy to do in the app. You can also name the earbuds in the app and on your phone. The mic quality has been good and no one has complained to me yet. The battery life has been great. I think at $149 you will not find a better pair of noise cancelling ear buds. They are performing as good if not better than my Air Pod Pros. The one feature that I have been enjoying is the voice command feature to control things. You can turn your camera on. Maybe you want to take a selfie or get a group photo. Wearing your ear bud(s) you can say Hey Headphones...(pause)...Take Photo and the iPhone camera will take a picture. It is very slick. Great value for the money! Considering I got mine gifted from one of my buddies these have exceeded my expectations. They are every bit as good as my Air Pod Pros 2nd generation. These will be my primary ear buds moving forward. Because Bose revamped them, added an app to compliment them, and kept the name the same there is a lot of confusion by customers. They do not understand the issues with the earlier versions have been corrected. I did not even know until I started stumbling onto videos discussing all of this stuff. Give them a try you will be pleasantly surprised. This coming from someone who has only used Apple Air Pod Pros for last several years. I know Bose is good because I have used many of their over the ear noise cancelling headsets in the past. QC1, QC2, QC25, QC35, QC45. These QC earbuds with their noise cancelling are every bit as good. They sound great. Hope this review helps someone in their decision making.

These are good! I am coming from some older earbuds, namely the original pixel buds pro earbuds. I felt that those earbuds hit a better price point than their successors, the pixel buds pro 2, did. They recently started to give me some trouble and the battery has been degrading quite rapidly, so I know I needed to look for a new set. These Bose buds caught my eye as the largest limitation with the OG pixel buds was their ANC performance. I use earbuds a lot when performing yard work, so drowning out various tools and traffic noise were top of my priorities. Additionally, I did not want to spend 200+ USD on something like the AZ100 or the more premium offers from Sony/Bose. These have filled those requirements nearly perfectly. I am very impressed with ANC performance, they seem very similar to my Sony WH-XM3s. This is a very impressive feat for in ear buds, but I know that the Sonys are a few generations old at this stage. I can say that they handily outperform the pixel buds. This seems especially true with higher frequency sounds. Overall, very impressed with how they handle noise suppression/ANC in busy environments as well. Voices seem to be suppressed quite well. I was also presently suprised by sounds quality. I think that these sound a little better than the OG pixel buds do. Clarity is better, especially in the mids. These also tend to get really loud, especially compared to the pixel buds. I notice I am often not using more than 50% of the volume available to achieve normal listening volumes. Bass is somewhat bloated, overall similar to the Sony WH-XM3s, but this is overall a pleasurable tune and can be adjusted with a 5 band equalizer. There are some potential downsides. While the buds themselves feel high quality, the case feels relatively cheap and oversized. The OG pixelbuds have been rock solid for me. Their case has survived numerous drops and being mistaken for a dog toy a time or two. The Bose QC case feels much lighter and the cover feels much thinner. The hinge also does not feel nearly as robust. With that said, I do appreciate that they sell a replacement charging case for 60$. While it was touched on, I do also want to mention that the case seems just a little too large. It's about 50% thicker than the pixel buds or airpods. It's still very pocketable, but I do not think I will carry them with me at all times like I did with the pixel buds. The intrusiveness of the larger case in conjunction with my concerns about durability make me hesitant. Overall, these are really nice earbuds. I have not experienced any connectivity issues using the latest update. They connect and play quickly as expected. They have had great stability in ear, even while running. I think these strike a very good value for money where spending more may have diminishing returns. I think this is especially relevant as it seems that all wireless earbuds tend to have a lifespan of a few years before they are end of life due to wear or battery degradation. It's hard for me to justify spending more on something I can only expect to last 2-4 years.

First, I want to say the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds 2024 are easily the most comfortable I’ve ever had. The sound is great (not a audiophile here, so strictly an objective opinion) And the noise cancellation is, far and away, better than expected. All this is why I’ve tried everything to work through a major design flaw. All the reviews praise these buds, only mentioning (almost as an aside) that there are connection issues. Also, many purchaser reviews play down this problem – only commenting about one side or the other temporarily losing connection (an occasional glitch with many brands) What they’re missing is that all of these reviews seem to be using the buds while engaged in some activity (eg: gym, running, walking, etc). When sedentary (ie: motionless, lying down or reclining) the Bose Buds will consistently lose their connection. I’ve even tried to disable in-ear detection (the option to do so not offered by Bose). Using tape over the in-ear sensor, I’ve found that the buds still seem to require some motion to “stay alive”. I am currently awaiting delivery of my 3rd replacement earbuds and am really hoping that at some point Bose will try to do something about this in a future firmware update. -- Update -- The following (in brackets) I submitted to Bose today to try to solve the issue I was having << I am now on my 4th pair of Bose QuietComfort Earbuds (gen 2) 2024. This latest replacement has proven to be the best functioning so far. The primary problem, however, still persists. In doing some testing I believe a possible a clue to the cause of my most nagging issue has shown up. My primary use of the earbuds is for meditation (ie: while wearing them my head is almost entirely motionless). It appears that the buds are designed to detect movement and that a lack of motion causes one or both of the buds disconnect periodically. Testing this hypothesis during a few listening sessions, I made a point of moving my head every 10 minutes. By doing so, I was able to listen without interruption through several tests (one of then for an hour & 45 minutes). Of course, having to concentrate on moving my head is no acceptable solution. >> - - After reviewing my query, I was informed that this is, indeed part of their design and nothing can be done. The fact that it’s a problem that many have mentioned in You-tube reviews and online comments was not addressed. My conclusion is that Bose is now a company trading on its past reputation and should be avoided. Thus - for obvious reasons - I've reduced my rating to 1 star (zero is not an option here)

These are the best headphones I’ve ever had. They are super comfy, the battery lasts a long time. The sound quality is really good and Quietmode is awesome! You can’t even hear anything outside of your headphones in that mode. They are sensitive to touch so sometimes they will pause if I go to fix my hair or something and i bump it but other than that 10/10. And the case is compact enough to fit in a mini bag. I was an Apple product, Beats user for my whole life but now these I will not go back. Very affordable as well for the quality

Overall, a disappointing product from Bose. The sound quality is good. The noise-canceling feature is good. However, there are Many flaws with these earbuds. Every so often I will hear static in at least one of the earbuds, without concern for proximity to my bluetooth device. I'll still be right next to my phone, but there will be a weird static noise. The only way I have been able to remedy this is by removing the earbuds and giving them a break in the charging case for awhile. Almost every time I go to use the earbuds, only one will connect to my bluetooth device. I have to put one earbud back in the case, close it, then open it back up and put the earbud in so it will connect to my device. I have had to stop removing both earbuds from the case at the same time to try and avoid this issue. The earbuds connect to a Bose App, which is nice as you can customize certain settings and features. I could have sworn that when I first got these earbuds, the App was useless. I guess since then they finally decided to upgrade the App and give it more features, which I appreciate. (I would highly recommend checking the App every once in awhile to see if the earbud firmware needs to be updated.) The earbuds are poorly designed and slip out of your ears quite easily. Anytime I move my face or chew something, etc., the earbuds will start to slip out of my ears. I am constantly having to push them back in. There is also a removable silicone piece that is "supposed" to help keep the earbud in, but it doesn't work well at all. It can easily be moved out of alignment from the groove it sits in, and just makes the earbud even more difficult to keep in your ear. You also have to make sure the silicone piece has been realigned before placing the earbud into the charging case. If not, there is a good chance the earbud will not be situated in the case correctly, and as a result, it will not charge. All in all, I think Bose is charging WAY too much for these mediocre earbuds. At the very least, they could have designed them better to actually stay in your ears. I would say these earbuds shouldn't be worth more than $70, to be honest. Even that price is pushing it.

Had these more than a year. Overall, very satisfied. The sound is good across the range of what I’m listening to: audiobooks, podcasts, EDM, classical, ambient, meditations, streaming videos. And has been great during walks, long bike rides, chill moments, concentration during intense coding, gardening, travel, napping and more. Here’s what I wish was better: 1- the silicone fits, with the amount of use I put them through, they stretch and wear and then ANC is useless and doesn’t block out sound. 2- wind brushing by when being active outdoors, I haven’t yet come across earbuds that have been successful with this. 3- the sensitivity of the control on the earbuds themselves, to help block the sun and sound of the wind when biking, I where a neck gaiter pulled up over my ears, which negates the wind sound nearly 90%, yet the slightest touch as I’m putting on the gaiter seems to set the buds into pairing mode and drops connection. 4- with my phone in my left back pocket on a walk, turning my head to the right causes fluttering connection, but only while walking outdoors, yet again, this seems consistent with other earbuds but is still annoying. 5- the charging magnets don’t always align especially when the silicone pieces have been stretched so when popping these in and hearing battery is at 10% despite being in the case all night it’s frustrating.

I looooove these head phone omg I have the higher brand head phones as well and since I’ve got these they all have been put up some where on a shelf lol they are Loud noise cancelling comforting in my ear I literally will be jamming for hours lol the charge is CRAZY it stays charged for soooooo long I use everyday at work and somehow always charged lol and it charges super fast they’re so pretty and do not have issue falling out my ear sounds good otp I like I can touch to pause and change the song when I sit my phone down somewhere

Noise canceling is absolutely phenomenal with these. And I think this is the first pair of ear buds where the person on the other end of a conversation could actually hear me through the microphone. Most of them are horrible. In terms of comfort, after 20 minutes I did find them irritating. I cannot imagine wearing them for hours on end. Unlike my JBL set I purchased these do not seem to want to come out of the ear and I felt comfortable moving around or bending over without fear of them falling out of my ear. You can order A lanyard for them as well for a little extra security. I remember dropping an earbud on an airplane and what a nightmare trying to retrieve it in between the seats! I will live with these for a little while. My only complaint so far is comfort. Sound quality is decent but certainly not like a really high quality set of ear phones. I guess the one nice thing about earphones is if someone goes to talk to you they understand you can't hear them whereas with ear buds people don't realize you have them in noise canceling mode and you can't hear them. These were very difficult to connect to my laptop. Have not yet tried pairing them with my smart phone. Certainly much more difficult than other bluetooth devices I've tried. There were many failed attempts and I had mono sound at first. At this point I would not give them more than three stars as they do have issues. Five stars for noise cancelation though as that's really outstanding. Update: After less than a week there's been major problems with connectivity, and I think I'm going to send these back as I can figure out no way to do a hard reset or how to get around the problem. I have a cheap set of JBL's that were only $40 they stay connected without an issue, although the sound quality doesn't touch the Bose. Its too bad, because otherwise they're decent. Update: After just a few days these are cutting out very frequently. My much cheaper JBL set by comparison does not do this at all, although the sound quality is not as good. I'm going to see if there's anything I can do to remedy this, but if I cannot resolve it I will be returning. I can also say these are very finicky and I find myself having frequent problems trying to get things paired correctly and connected. Again my much cheaper $50 JBL set has no such issues and it's as simple as clicking on the icon and presto it's connected, no cut out, no issues. Add nearly three times the price I expect a lot better of the Bose.

I was a bit reluctant after reading some of the reviews but I'm really happy with earbuds: really good sound quality and noise cancelling, good fit and a decent battery life. Only thing I've noticed that other people have pointed out is occasionally disconnecting but in that price range I think they are worth it.

Not bad. Though after using the higher version, this one doesn’t come close. Even with noise cancelling on full, I can hear my dog bark in the next room. Secondly you have to download another Bose app for interaction. The previous app for the QC 2 won’t help.

Have been using the earbuds for three months. I've bought these after returning another brand, high end earbuds due to bad fit, noise leakage and consequently bad sound. Back to Bose then, based on past experience with Bose QC-30. The Quitcomfort earbuds fitted quite well, the small wings gave extra security. I used them in the office and outdoors. The awareness mode helps to communicate with the outside world, cancelling outer world noise substantially when switching to quit mode. The sound is a little bassy, what I like and natural and transparant for the mis and higher frequencies. Obviously a matter of taste. Call quality is good in quit surroundings, in noisy environments, once voice is perceived as 'on distance' on the other side of the line. The touch control functionality is nice but sometimes a but annoying when you try to push back the earbuds for a better fit. The app is a ' nice to have' although I am not using it that often.

Très bon produit. Son de haute qualité et l'anti bruit fonctionne parfaitement. Je les utilise tous les jours comme protection auditive. Je travaille en parcs et jardins.

Ho provato cuffie TWS di varie marche durante i miei allenamenti, ma ho sempre avuto problemi a causa della forma del mio condotto uditivo. Prima o poi, o mi si allentano oppure cadono. L'unica marca – tra quelle provate – che mi ha sempre soddisfatto come qualità sonora e stabilità anche nei movimenti più esasperati è Bose, che utilizzava nei precedenti modelli che ho avuto un archetto esterno che si incastrava nel padiglione interno rendendo l'auricolare praticamente inamovibile. Dopo un ulteriore acquisto – fallimentare – di una marca differente, ho quindi deciso di ritornare al marchio Bose, con gli auricolari QuietComfort Earbuds 2 gen. Su questi modelli (e su tutta la nuova gamma), Bose ha abbandonato gli archetti per fornire delle alette esterne in tre misure variabili (S, M e L) in silicone molto morbido che hanno la stessa funzione degli archetti nei vecchi modelli. Le alette sono molto più comode e ottengono lo stesso identico risultato dal punto di vista della stabilità, mantenendo l'auricolare stabile nell'orecchio in tutte le condizioni. Sono fornite tre misure di alette e tre tappini, anche questi in silicone, per un totale di 9 combinazioni possibili. Praticamente credo che sia molto difficile non trovare la migliore combinazione per qualsiasi orecchio (io utilizzo tappi M e alette L). Quindi da questo punto di vista non posso che essere estremamente soddisfatto. Una menzione ai controlli touch, ai quali darei una stella: il controllo del volume avrebbe potuto essere pensato meglio rispetto a quello fornito (touch & push, scomodo e malfunzionante). In generale, devo purtroppo ancora una volta constatare che Bose dovrebbe ripensare completamente tutto il sistema di controlli touch, essendo praticamente inutilizzabili salvo che per rispondere/chiudere una telefonata o mettere in pausa/riprendere un brano. Dal punto di vista della qualità sonora e dell'ANC devo riconoscere che, rispetto al suono dei miei precedenti QuietComfort (2020), il suono è più fedele, mantenendo sempre quella nota "tipicamente Bose" nell'impronta sonora. Non sono previsti codec particolari, ma francamente è un punto che mi interessa molto poco. Miglioramenti anche sul sempre ottimo ANC Bose, che ha la caratteristica di isolare molto bene senza dare però quella sensazione spiacevole di altri produttori di essere chiusi in una specie di "bolla". L'app è buona: sicuramente molto meglio di quella fornita con il modello 2020 (non che ci volesse molto...), ma siamo ancora lontani da altre molto più complete, come ad esempio quella dei Pixel Buds. Comunque diciamo che se dovessi dare un voto sarebbe 7.5. :-) Per concludere: li ricomprerei? Sì, ma solo perchè difficilmente uso i controlli touch e apprezzo il suono Bose. Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo, suono eccellente e riposante, ottimo ANC, vestibilità ottima. E il fatto che riesca a fare tutte le mie attività sportive senza avere gli auricolari che mi si spostano o cadono ogni 5 minuti è impagabile. :-)