Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Bose Ultra Open Earbuds are clearly an innovative new design from Bose. I can see this design's appeal for many people, but it's not for me. The earbuds come in a nice, compact case that boasts nearly 20hrs of charge time. The earbuds themselves will last about 4 hours with immersive audio on and about 6 hours with it off. I'm impressed with how the earbuds are placed in the charging case. Since these earbuds are flexible and longer shaped when stretched out, I was concerned I'd have to fiddle with putting them back in the case, but they slip in effortlessly and are held in place by strong magnets. There is also a USB-A to USB-C cable included in the box. I must say that the immersive audio versus regular stereo audio is pretty special. The immersive audio has a more concert/stadium like sound to it, despite being an open ear design. I would say that the sound quality is the best of any earbuds I have tried. Downloading and connecting the earbuds via the Bose app was effortless and worked first time. Bose achieved a great quality sound while still being truly open. In other words, while the music quality is exceptional, I could also hear everything going on around me as if the earbuds weren't even there. They truly are open air. However, these aren't for me. Frankly, it took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to put them in my ear. They do feel comfortable and once they are on you don't feel them hardly at all, but every time I try to put them on I end up having to fiddle around until I get it right. I also don't like the fact that others around me can hear the audio if in a quiet space. If there's even just a little bit of background noise I'm sure it won't be an issue, but in a very quiet area others will hear it if they are nearby.

jnot even a year old and the case will no longer charge. Barely even had a chance to use it.

After prolonged wearing it hurt my ears, also unless you have kid size ears the sound is weak, honestly for me 1 star is a little low because I wasn’t able to try on in the store if i could have I wouldn’t have bought them

Having problems with charging. Sometimes i charge the headphones and only get 34min of use.

Do not buy this item bad quality and the store just give you 15 days to return not happy with best bist

Can i say VERY disappointed in this product. The sound is awful, the clearness of this product is awful. I would never recommend this to anyone. Please be careful when u purchase grom best-buy because they return policy is only 14 days. Now we are stuck with 322.00 worth of garbage.

These ear buds did not work for me at all!! I dont know if my ears were to big, or the wrong shape! But I returned them the same day I got them. They may work just fine for other people, but for "me" no bueno...

Dont at all try to use them to talk on the phone. You can barely hear anything. Sound quality when listening to music is just ok, connecting to an iphone messes up constantly

Hearing problems complaints from the person on the other ens

I was extremely excited about these headphones. Unfortunately, that excitement was short lived... 20 mins to be exact. The sound volume was underwhelming. Definitely not worth $300. I returned them within an hour of purchasing them.

This product was too small or just this product was not for me

This product was not all good warning before you spend think twice

Poor sound quality during communication. Too much noise in the background.

If you plan to use these earbuds to make phone calls, you should look for different one. Too much noise while talking. We returned it.

hard to set up the app and the watch to phone heard to control sound

Bose Open Earbuds Ultra are what Bose self describes as “Earbuds Reimagined.” It’s definitely varies from the current trend of earbuds. The earbuds do not actually go inside of your ear canal. So this means you can hear the outside world and noise cancellation is not a feature. These are not going to be earbuds that you’ll want to wear on an airplane or maybe at the gym. I wore them for about 3 days while cleaning and hanging out at home. They worked great for that purpose. The question you need to ask yourself before purchasing these is this: Do you want to be cut off from the world while listening to your music, podcast, etc. or to do like the idea of your music commingling with your everyday activities? The main pro of the Open Earbuds Ultra is that the sound quality is terrific which is to be expected from Bose. This should be the main thing when considering any kind of headphones and Bose delivers as always. It will take a moment to get use to the earbuds not being inside your ears. You can still hear all the highs, lows, bass and it sounds amazing. Again, a lot of your listening experience will come from how much noise there is in the background. Music will get drowned out if you’re in a noisy environment. Something else to keep in mind is that if you play music loud, others will be able to hear it. My daughter said she could hear my music when I turned my volume up to 70%. If The comfort of wearing the earbuds is both a pro and con to me. It actually feels better to me to not have earbuds inserted in your ear canal. Sometimes I feel like there’s pressure from wearing something like AirPods. Having the speakers sit right by your ear feels great. However the trade off is that the earbuds have to clip onto your ears which I didn’t find the most comfortable. I didn’t like the feeling of having something clamped to my ears even thought they were incredibly secure, more so than other earbuds. Another negative I have with the Open Earbuds Ultra is that I am not a fan of how they look aesthetically. This is a personal preference but I didn’t like the way it looked when I was wearing them. Others opinions will differ. I didn’t like the volume control either on the earbuds. It felt like it jumped too much when I wanted to volume higher or too low when I wanted it lowered. I ended up just using my phone to control volume. I really like these earbuds. I plan on using them around the house when I’m in a quieter environment. I do actually like the feeling of not having buds inserted into my ear. As I stated earlier, your intended use will really determine if these headphone will be an appropriate purchase for you. If you want to use while traveling, at the gym or have noise cancellation then buy a different set of Bose headphones. If you want to have the music integrated into your life but not feel like you’re completely cut off then I would highly recommend giving the Bose Open Earbuds Ultra a try.

These had no gain, wouldn't stay in my ears, and didn't sound very good to me. Ended up with Apple Pro 2's. WAY better.

I bought it and returned them just 5mn later. Not worth it.

I love Bose, had to return them. I like the idea but the execution is just not there. I have several different Bose headsets, etc. these just didn't meet my expectation.

Their was a lot of static in the earbud. The clarity was good insofar as I could hear; however the caller on the other end could not hear me.