Bose’s new Lifestyle Ultra audio system at the moment are obtainable

Sonos has a brand new rival on the town. Bose’s new Lifestyle Collection features a $299 Lifestyle Ultra Speaker, a $1,099 Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar, and the $899 Ultra Subwoofer, all of which at the moment are obtainable straight from Bose and third-party retailers like Amazon and Best Buy.

Like the Sonos Era 100, the Lifestyle Ultra Speaker helps each Apple AirPlay and Spotify Connect, although the addition of Google Cast gives one more solution to stream audio from supported apps. It may also be grouped with suitable non-Bose audio system by way of AirPlay and Google Cast if you wish to play music in a number of rooms, and it’s the primary third-party speaker to help Amazon’s generative AI-powered Alexa Plus.

For residence theater followers, Bose additionally launched the Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar, which helps Dolby Atmos and is now obtainable from Amazon, Best Buy, and Bose. Dialogue got here by means of clearly in our demo, and the speaker’s soundstage felt large, even when the low finish was considerably missing by itself. Bose’s new Ultra Subwoofer — additionally at the moment obtainable in black and white from Amazon, Best Buy, and Bose — might help fill that hole, although. When paired with the soundbar, it noticeably stuffed out the lacking bass and delivered fuller, extra balanced sound.