Bose SoundTouch home theater systems regress into dumb speakers Feb. 18
by Scharon Harding from Ars Technica - All content on (#70P04)
Bose will brick key features of its SoundTouch Wi-Fi speakers and soundbars soon. On Thursday, Bose informed customers that as of February 18, 2026, it will stop supporting the devices, and the devices' cloud-based features, including the companion app, will stop working.
The SoundTouch app enabled numerous capabilities, including integrating music services, like Spotify and TuneIn, and the ability to program multiple speakers in different rooms to play the same audio simultaneously.
Bose has also said that some saved presets won't work and that users won't be able to change saved presets once the app is gone.