If you’re looking to establish a personal party perimeter, the Bose SoundLink Plus has few minuses—beyond the premium price.

The Bose app offers a number of options for the Smart Soundbar, including Personal Surround Sound. There's ample directional audio from the Smart Soundbar right out of the box.

Bose just announced a new Dolby Atmos soundbar, the Bose Smart Soundbar, that has a unique feature that exclusively works in tandem with the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds. It might be the extra kick you ...

If you’re thinking of buying the Bose Smart Soundbar, should you save $100 on the price of a set of $399 Bose Surround speakers by getting the $299 Bose Ultra Open Earbuds instead? It depends. I ...

“SimpleSync” mode, meantime, lets you pair the speaker with other Bose speakers to create a true surround sound experience. Regularly $299+, get the new Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Series II ...

Bose Personal Surround Sound will eventually be offered as an update to the Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar. ... (the Bose Surround Speakers cost $399). ...

The caveat on Bose’s new surround sound feature reminded me of Sonos limiting its latest Ace headphone’s audio swap feature to its high-end $899 Arc soundbar which defeats half the purpose of ...

Bose’s Smart Soundbar ($499 USD) has one feature we’ve never seen before in any home theater speaker setup. It has the capability to work in conjunction with Bose Ultra Open Earbuds as surround ...

Bose is introducing a clever new Personal Surround Sound feature that lets the company’s Ultra Open Earbuds pull double duty as rear speakers for its soundbars.

That said, Bose's wireless surround speakers for the Smart Soundbar cost $399, so you are saving $100. However, only you get the surround experience, not others who might be watching with you.

I think Bose wanted to offer something akin to Sonos’ TV Audio Swap without directly copying it, and Personal Surround Sound allows users to add rear speakers with an investment that doesn’t ...