All-day comfort
Surprisingly private
Immersive Audio
Up to 7 hours of play time¹
Simple, satisfying button controls
IPX4 rating for water resistance
Open-ear design
Bluetooth multipoint connectivity
With multipoint connectivity, you can seamlessly connect to two devices simultaneously via Bluetooth.
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Bose Ultra Open Earbuds

3.7 out of 5 Customer Rating
Selected for Oprah's "Favorite Things 2024" list, Ultra Open Earbuds feature a brilliant combination of innovative open-ear design, incredible audio, and all-day comfort. With a cuff-like fit, Ultra Open Earbuds leave your ears open to hear the world around you while OpenAudio technology delivers rich, private sound.
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Current Price is: $249.00 Original Price is: $299.00
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All-day comfort
Surprisingly private
Immersive Audio
Up to 7 hours of play time¹
Simple, satisfying button controls
IPX4 rating for water resistance
Open-ear design
Bluetooth multipoint connectivity
With multipoint connectivity, you can seamlessly connect to two devices simultaneously via Bluetooth.
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Bose Ultra Open Earbuds
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Current Price is: $249.00 Original Price is: $299.00
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“Know someone who’s yet to find earbuds that don’t fall out? Send them Bose’s ‘open’ style. They’re worn like an ear cuff — folks can still hear the world around them while never losing these. Genius!”

– As said by Oprah on OprahDaily.com

Product details

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What’s in the Box
  • 2 Bose Ultra Open Earbuds
  • Charging case
  • USB-C® (A to C) cable (12")
  • Safety sheet
Headphone Fit Open Ear
Microphones Built-in Microphone
Noise Cancelling No
Water Resistant IPX4
Case Charging, Protection
Bud Single 0.73" H x 0.67" W x 1.07" D (0.0140 lb)
Case 1.65" H x 2.56" W x 1.04" D (0.0966 lb)
Product Material Plastic (PC-ABS), Metal, Silicone, Gold Plating
Product Case Material Plastic (Hard)
Rechargeable Yes
Battery Life 7 hours
Battery Charge Time 1 hour
Charging Accessory included Yes
Charging Interface(s) USB C PORT
Wireless Connectivity A2DP Bluetooth Audio Streaming, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, HFP Bluetooth, Wireless Connectivity, AAC Bluetooth, SBC Bluetooth
Bose App Bose App

The Bose Ultra Open Earbuds are a totally new kind of audio wearable device: premium sound built into a cuff-shaped earbud that doesn’t cover your ear. Proprietary Bose OpenAudio technology allows the earbuds to play rich, immersive audio privately even though the speakers on the earbuds sit a short distance from your ear canal, leaving you open to the sounds of your surroundings. The cuffs hook around the outside of your ear so gently that you might forget they’re even there, so you can leave them on all day, always ready for music, calls, or videos.

The Open Earbuds were designed from the ground up to give you a soundtrack for your life: to let you enjoy your music without blocking your ears, in a shape so comfortable you can almost forget you’re wearing any earbuds at all. The engineering of these earbuds was a matter of squeezing Bose OpenAudio technology — which projects deep, rich sound across a short distance of open space to your ear canal — into a shape that could grip your ear extremely gently, leave your ear open to outside sounds, and contain a long-lasting battery. This design process resulted in the Open Earbuds’ unique shape, inspired by ear cuff jewelry. The light-as-air flex arm connects the audio portion of the earbud to a battery barrel that goes behind your ear, providing just enough grip to keep the earbuds secure on any size ear.

Yes. The Open Earbuds are excellent for exercise, thanks to their confident stability on your ear, powerful sound, and open design. Bose’s unique OpenAudio technology allows air to keep your ears cool and dry while you enjoy both your music and sounds from your environment, such as city sounds, nature, input from a coach or workout partner, or sounds that help you play a sport such as tennis or basketball.

Yes. The combination of skin-safe materials, a fully open design, long battery life, and unparalleled comfort means you can leave the earbuds on all day, always connected to your device and ready to produce rich audio the moment you need it.

In stereo mode, the earbud batteries will provide up to 7 hours of play time or 48 hours of standby time (no audio playing). For all-day wear that involves a mix of audio listening and standby, the battery life will vary depending on the proportion of each. For example, 5 hours of audio would leave 10 hours of standby life remaining. And if the battery does run out, a quick 10-minute charge in the case will add up to 2 hours of play time.

Yes. You can slide the earbud slightly up or down the outside of your ear to adjust for comfort, preferred sound balance, looks, or to avoid interference with jewelry. 

Yes. The Open Earbuds are uniquely designed to attach to a part of the ear that does not interfere with most glasses, hats, and piercings. If your accessories touch the product, that’s no problem as long as the earbuds remain comfortable and secure. The magnets that help the earbuds attach to their charging case may occasionally stick slightly to jewelry made of ferromagnetic metals like nickel; this is not damaging to the earbuds or the jewelry, but if bothersome can be avoided by slightly sliding the earbud up or down the ear, away from the jewelry.

OpenAudio is a proprietary Bose technology that allows audio played a short distance from your ear canal to be rich, deep, and private — without sealing your ear. Each earbud uses a tiny dipole transducer system engineered for loud-and-clear personal audio that stays at the ear — instead of going everywhere else.

It’s easy to hear the difference Bose OpenAudio makes by comparing the power of the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds with a traditional set of earbuds held slightly outside your ear. If you remove the traditional earbud from your ear canal and hold it near your ear at the same distance that the Open Earbuds sit, you’ll notice the much greater volume and richer bass from the Open Earbuds.

Bose OpenAudio directs rich, deep audio into the ear canal while using proprietary technology to minimize sound spillage in other directions. In most environments and at most listening levels, people around you won’t hear a thing. If you turn up the volume all the way in a very quiet environment, others may hear that something is playing from your earbuds, but they won’t be able to hear any detail unless they get very close.

No. By design, the Open Earbuds don’t block out the world or have noise cancelling, so you can enjoy your music while staying open to the sounds of the world around you. They do have an automatic volume control feature, available in the Bose app, that helps you hear your music evenly as your environment changes from quiet to loud and back. 

Yes. The Ultra Open Earbuds have the Bluetooth multipoint feature allowing them to connect to two source devices at the same time. This is a recent update as of July 2024, so be sure to set up your earbuds with the Bose app to receive software updates.

The Bose app also allows you to customize the shortcut function on each earbud’s button, and one of the available options is Switch Source. Setting a shortcut to Switch Source will enable you to switch between previously connected Bluetooth source devices with a press and hold of the earbud button without needing to take the earbuds off. 

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Hear it all. All the time.

With effortless comfort, innovative open-ear tech, and a stunning design — you’ll never pause your music for life again.

Groove in a fit so smooth

With a flexible joint and light-as-air grip, Ultra Open Earbuds hug your ears for an all-day fit that won’t slip.

Turn up without tuning out

OpenAudio tech gives you astonishing audio quality while your ears stay totally open to your environment.

Immersive Audio

Hear music the way the artist intended with Bose Immersive Audio. It feels like the sound is in the room, not just in your ears.

Try it out

The earbuds’ open-ear design says, “I can still hear you” while OpenAudio technology provides you with high-quality, private sound.

The Bose App on a smartphone.

The app makes it even easier

Breeze through setup and personalize your earbuds in the Bose App. Choose listening modes, access Adjustable EQ, pair with select Bose products, and get updates — always ready for the next song.

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Features

Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in their charging case
  • Immersive Audio
    Spatialized sound puts you in the music.
  • OpenAudio technology
    Rich, high-quality, private sound.
  • SimpleSync
    Pair seamlessly with Bose smart soundbars and speakers.
  • Go ahead, listen longer
    Up to 7.5 hours of play time (up to 4 hours with Immersive Audio or Auto Volume)¹ or up to 48 hours of standby,³ and up to an extra 19.5 hours of battery life in the charging case.⁴
  • Bose app
    Take personalization even further with Adjustable EQ settings in the Bose app. Control bass, mid-range, and treble levels as you go.
  • Bluetooth multipoint connectivity
    With multipoint connectivity, you can seamlessly connect to two devices simultaneously via Bluetooth.

Why buy from Bose

¹ Testing conducted by Bose in April 2024 using production-representative Bose Ultra Open Earbuds playing IEC 60268-1 pink noise using A2DP Bluetooth audio streaming at an RSSI of 75 dBm. Volume was set to a playback loudness of 75 dBA and 3-band EQ was set to zero. With Immersive Audio and Auto Volume off, playback time was up to 7 hours before battery depletion. With Immersive Audio or Auto Volume on, playback time was up to 4 hours before battery depletion. With Immersive Audio and Audio Volume on, playback time was up to 3 hours before battery depletion. Battery life varies based on settings and usage.

² Available through the Bose app.

³ Testing conducted by Bose in October 2023 by removing fully charged production-representative Bose Ultra Open Earbuds from a Bose Ultra Open Earbuds charging case, connecting to a phone with no content playing, and maintaining connection until earbud battery depletion.

⁴ Testing conducted by Bose in April 2024 by inserting production-representative Bose Ultra Open Earbuds with battery depleted (to the point of no audio playback) into a fully charged Bose Ultra Open Earbuds charging case and charging earbuds to 100% (or until the case battery was depleted). Then, the earbuds played IEC 60268-1 pink noise using A2DP Bluetooth audio streaming at an RSSI of 75 dBm until battery depletion. Volume was set to a playback loudness of 75 dBA and 3-band EQ was set to zero. Testing repeated until the case battery was depleted. Additional earbud playback time added through case charging was 18 hours with Immersive Audio off and 12 hours with either Immersive Audio or Auto Volume on, and 9 hours with both Immersive Audio and Auto Volume on.

Ratings and Reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 by from In Place to Stay Remarkable product. I have never been able to wear "ear buds" because my right ear is shaped weirdly. These are wonderful, and I no longer worry about the right one falling out all the time.
Date published: 2024-12-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Love that they clip on my ear lobe I was looking for buds that did go into my ear. When I saw these I decided to give them a try. It also helped that they were on sale
Date published: 2024-12-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Super comfortable Let me start with I hardly ever write reviews….Super comfortable. I purchased these a few weeks ago to try as I am someone who cannot wear buds in my ears. The sound is very good and being able to hear around me was a bonus. I usually just wear one but sound is much better using both. I have been told when using on the phone no issues with hearing me speak. They stay put and sometimes I forget I am wearing them. Love these. Highly recommend.
Date published: 2024-12-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Best Buds Ever Finally, ear buds that stay in place and don't have to be crammed into the ear canal. The sound quality is great (as with all Bose) and I love the choice of still or moving functionality.
Date published: 2024-11-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Whoop, whoop!!! I purchased a couple of weeks ago. I've owned several pairs of Bose headphones. These are by far my favorite. The fit is perfect and the inclusion of a physical button to push is a very welc9me change
Date published: 2024-11-26
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