Bose’s Sport Open wireless earbuds hit the market in early 2021, and less than two years later, the company has decided to remove them from the lineup. The earbuds are marked with “final sale” status and are heavily discounted on Bose’s online store, and Bose spokesperson Joanne Berthiaume confirmed that The edge that this is the end of the line for the product.
The $199.99 earbuds — available now for $119.99 while supplies last — were marketed as “a really different kind of sports headphones” upon release. They don’t actually go into your ear canals or even block them in any way. But the unique open design allows them to rest above your ears, providing total situational awareness while listening to music.
So you can add the Sport Open Earbuds to the list of innovative Bose products that were relatively short on store shelves – right next to the SoundWear Companion neck speaker. l still find I sometimes use the latter around the house when I’m on the phone. The concept was pretty much the same: it freed up your ears while still letting you enjoy music. If that product had arrived a few years later, when everyone was working from home so much, it might have been more successful. But the Sport Open Earbuds were ultimately a stranger to Shokz and Bose’s own alternatives.
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