Bose goes Ultra with game-changing updates

If you keep your ear to the ground in the world of consumer tech, then you may well have heard the rumours about Bose's next big launch - and it is finally here, with three new products announced across the breadth of its QuietComfort headphones range.

Arguably the biggest news from the launch is a brand new pair of flagship over-ears - the Bose QuietComfort Ultra, which will replace the aging Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, released in 2019. However, there are also new QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, replacing last year's QuietComfort Earbuds II, and the QuietComfort Headphones, which will replace the QuietComfort 45.

As you'd expect from a Bose QuietComfort line, all are promising the very best in noise cancellation, alongside high-quality audio and comfort. But the Ultra line has a little something extra to shout about, in the shape of Bose Immersive Audio.

This is a new feature for Bose, which promises to create a wider, more spacious soundstage, to bring a more layered, multi-dimensional experience to your music. This effect will ultimately spatialise your sound, no matter the audio platform, and broaden the soundstage away from your head and out in front of you.

This effect is enabled by an onboard inertial measurement unit (IMU) and Bose's newly developed proprietary DSP software, which is unique to the Ultra Headphones and Earbuds.

There will be two options for listening - Still or Motion, which sort of do what they say they will. Select Still when you're not moving to keep the audio in one place, or Motion when you are on the go and want to keep the audio out in front of you as you move around.