**Bose Ultra Open Earbuds: A Review**

The Bose Ultra Open earbuds are a unique and innovative pair of wireless earbuds that offer a blend of sound quality, comfort, and features. These earbuds are designed for those who want to enjoy music while still being able to hear their surroundings, making them perfect for commuters or athletes.

One of the standout features of the Ultra Open earbuds is Bose's immersive audio technology. This feature uses head tracking to create a more immersive listening experience, with sound that follows your head movements. Engaging immersive audio significantly reduces battery life, but it does enhance the sound from the standard stereo mode. However, this feature is only noticeable in Quiet Comfort models.

Another feature of these earbuds is their ability to automatically adjust the volume to your surroundings. This feature can be activated in the Bose music app for iOS and Android, ensuring that you don't disturb others or miss out on important sounds. Additionally, these earbuds are designed to "leak" very little sound, making them a great choice for those who want to enjoy their music without disturbing others.

In terms of comfort and fit, the Ultra Open earbuds are designed to stay securely in your ears, even during intense physical activity like running or biking. They come with IPX4 Splash-proofing, making them suitable for use in rainy or humid conditions.

Bose is not marketing these earbuds as sports earbuds, but they do offer a more ruggedized version of the buds in sportier colors and calling them the Ultra Open Sports earbuds. However, the standard Ultra Open earbuds are still a great choice for athletes who want to enjoy music while still being able to hear their surroundings.

The voice calling performance of these earbuds is good, with callers saying that they can hear clearly. However, the background noise reduction could be slightly better. Additionally, these earbuds do not have multipoint Bluetooth pairing, which allows you to pair them to two devices simultaneously. Bose has said that it is working on adding this feature to both the Ultra Open Buds and this model.

Another feature that is missing from these earbuds is ear detection sensors. This means that when you take off your ears, your music doesn't automatically pause. However, some sort of autopause feature would be nice for those who wear their earbuds all day.

Finally, there are a few other features that Bose could consider adding to its earbuds in the future. For example, some earbuds come with features like Sony's Speak to Chat and Apple's Conversation Awareness modes, which automatically pause what you're listening to when you start talking to someone.

**Battery Life**

The Ultra Open earbuds are rated for up to 7.5 hours at moderate volume levels. However, this number drops significantly to around 4.5 hours with immersive audio on. The charging case provides an additional 19.5 hours of battery life and has a quick charge feature, but no wireless charging option.

**Conclusion**

The Bose Ultra Open earbuds are a unique and innovative pair of wireless earbuds that offer a blend of sound quality, comfort, and features. While they may not be perfect, with some missing features like multipoint Bluetooth pairing and ear detection sensors, they are still a great choice for those who want to enjoy music while still being able to hear their surroundings. With a price point of $300, it's likely that we'll see them on sale for $250 and possibly less during holiday buying seasons.

**Design**

The Ultra Open earbuds have a sleek and modern design, with a slim profile that makes them easy to carry around. They come in black and white colors, but Bose is expected to release more color options soon.

**Audio Quality**

The audio quality of the Ultra Open earbuds is excellent, with clear and detailed sound that is perfect for music lovers. The immersive audio technology adds a new dimension to the listening experience, making it feel like you're right in the middle of the action.

Overall, the Bose Ultra Open earbuds are a great choice for anyone looking for a unique and innovative pair of wireless earbuds. With their excellent sound quality, comfort, and features, they are sure to please even the most discerning audiophiles.

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design of the ultra open earbuds is rather unique and the butt has two parts to it the barrel where the electronics are housed and the speaker driver unit and they're joined together by a flexible rubber joint you put the barrel on the back of your ear and then wrap the rubber part around the side of your ear with the driver element placed over the opening of your ear canal the rubber joint feels durable but I just can't tell you how it will hold up over time I do think Bose which is known for having very good customer service would probably give you a new pair of buds if it failed for some reason Bose says the earbud should sit at a 45° angle but you can slide it up and down your ear until it feels most comfortable you can also play some music while you're making the adjustments because the sound does change a bit with the placement of the bud and you'll want to optimize both the fit and the sound quality which is about as good as you're going to get for open earbuds I figured out how to get them on and off pretty quickly and after I got used to how they fit I did find them quite comfortable they may clip on but they don't clamp and they are relatively lightweight at 6.35 G per Bud by comparison to the iPods Pro two weigh in at 5.4 gam per Bud the idea is that once you get them on you should be able to wear them throughout the day and kind of forget that you're wearing them that said you may find yourself making little adjustments after wearing them for a while to alleviate any minor discomfort there's a control button on the top of the barrel of each bud and it's easy to find the button and pause your music with a single click if you want to have a conversation with someone or answer a call you click it twice to advance a track or end a call three times to skip back and press and hold the button down on the right Bud to raise volume or lower it by holding down the button on the left bud now of course everyone has different ears and people can be pretty particular about the types of earbuds they'll wear and how they fit these are obviously designed for folks who don't like having noise isolating buds jammed into their ears and want to keep their ears open to the world but before I dig into their sound quality and voice calling performance let's have some people here in the office give them a try and get their reactions and don't worry I've got some alcohol wipes here so I'll keep things nice and sanitary let's go this is a very unique design it feels like there's a bug on my ear oh this takes some finesse oh it's nice like a little rolling thing to give you the space to put it behind your ear I can feel that it's open so it doesn't feel like anything's plugging up my ear which is very annoying with a lot of earbuds yeah I think they're more comfortable cuz they're just there's nothing in my ear this feels so weird I have a piercing up here it's not bothering me it doesn't touch it I'm wearing my glasses it's not even touching it either it's pretty flexible I'm shaking my head as I do this it works prettyy well oh this sounds great and it's not blocking me from hearing other things but it's pretty loud still it almost feels like it's coming from further away like it's playing in the room versus just blasting into my ear the sound kind of feels like it's background music instead of Music That's right there in your ear like it's pretty loud like in my ear without it actually being in my ear which is really dope and you're talking loud too and I'm talking I'm talking loud I feel like I'm talking regular I like it I could jog in it I can do it I do box it works 300 three 300 it's $300 something to think about okay so there you have it as you can see from some of the reactions people seem to be pretty impressed with the sound like I said when it comes to sound these are about as good as you get for open earbuds which typically don't have the base response of noise I sitting earbuds like Bose's quiet Comfort Ultra earbuds in fact from what Bose tells me these have the same drivers as those QC Ultra earbuds however that doesn't mean they sound as good you're just not going to get the same powerful base even if you get the drivers to sit at an optimal spot in your ear but there is ample base good Clarity and some nice openness to the sound that said like other open earbuds these aren't going to sound great in noisy environments because your ears are left open I tried them in the New York City subway for example and yeah I could hear my music but it did get a bit drowned out by all the external noise Bose has a feature that you can activate in the Bose music app for IOS and Android that automatically adjust the volume to your surroundings it's also worth noting that I had no trouble hearing callers when walking around the noisy streets of New York Bose is highlighting how the buds leak very little sound with open earbuds if you play them loud people around you tend to be able to hear what you're listening to I use these buzz in a quiet room with people sitting about about 6 fet away and they said they only heard a very faint sound coming from the buds so that's a nice feature to be clear these are not noise cancelling earbuds but they do feature Bose's immersive audio for music spatialization that's the same feature found in the QC Ultra earbuds and QC Ultra headphones which arguably have the best noise cancelling on the market right now like with those models these buds have head tracking so you can set the immersive audio for still mode that fixes the sound or motion mode that follows your head movements engaging it does enhance the sound a bit from the standard stereo mode but I think it makes a more pronounced difference with the Quiet Comfort models it's also worth noting that engaging immersive audio significantly reduces battery life the ultra open earbuds are rated for up to 7.5 hours at moderate volume levels but that number drops to around 4.5 hours with immersive audio on the charging case provides an additional 19.5 hours battery life and has a quick charge feature but no wireless charging option a Bose isn't marketing these at sports earbuds they're ipx4 Splash prooof and can be used for running biking and working out of the gym they really did fit my ear securely and they're good for those who want to hear traffic around them while running or biking for safety reasons oxy Bow's doing a slightly more ruggedized version of the buds in sportier colors and calling them the ultra open Sports earbuds regardless of that we could soon see more color options beyond the black and white versions available now the QC Ultra earbuds for instance already come in light blue as an exclusive color on bose.com I'll finish up by talking about the voice calling performance and a few things I'd like to see in the buds but currently aren't there as far as I can tell they have very similar voice calling performance to the QC Ultra earbuds that is to say it's good caller said they could hear me clearly but the background noise reduction could be slightly better you can judge for yourself from this sample call all right I'm going to test call here with fellow editor Josh bman um Josh I'm recording this call through the internet so there's a bit of compression uh but but i' got a lot of cars going on around me in the streets in New York City here how do I sound uh you sound pretty clear I don't hear any cars at all uh except for the occasional horn or something um but overall you sound clear you sound like you're in a room and there is some digital compression sound and every once in a while like I said there's a burst of sound but overall you sound pretty good finally he are a few things I think are missing like the QC Ultra earbuds these currently don't have multipoint bluetooth pairing which allows you to pair the buds to two devices simultaneously they do a decent job with manual switching between devices but You' expect multi-point in a pair of $300 earbuds and Bose has said it is working on adding the feature to both the QC ulter year Buds and this model and I'd expect to see a firmware upgrade later this year for both those buds and these that adds Boling point and perhaps other features along with some performance tweaks the buds buds are also missing ear detection sensors that means when you take them off your ears your music doesn't automatically pause you can use a single Bud independently if you want but some sort of autop pause feature would be nice I also think they should have something along the lines of Sony speak to chat and Apple's conversation awareness modes when activated those modes automatically pause what you're listening to when you start talking to someone for this type of earbud that Bose hopes you wear all day that's a convenient feature aside from those gripes my only complaint would be about the price $300 is a lot to pay for these Buzz as unique as they are I do think the price is a bit artificially high and we should pretty quickly see them on sale for $250 and probably less during Amazon Prime days and during the holiday buying season but let me know what you think about the ultra open earbuds in the comment section below I particularly want to know what you think about their design and if you found this video informative at all hit the like button and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already I'm David car for CET thanks for watching\n"