List of Bose headphones
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Bose has sold aviation headsets since 1989 and consumer headphones since 2000. The current range of headphones and headsets includes wireless over-ear models, true wireless in-ear models, as well as aviation and military models.
Wireless over-ear headphones
Development of the company's noise cancelling headphones (and first over-ear headphones) began in 1978 when the chairman, Amar Bose, tried a set of airline-supplied headphones during a flight and found that engine noise from the aircraft prevented the music from being enjoyed.
In 1986, Bose and Sennheiser both presented active noise cancelling headsets for aircraft pilots, with the Sennheiser design appearing in a Funkschau paper and the Bose design appearing in an ASME paper. A prototype Bose product was used to prevent hearing loss in pilots during the first non-stop around-the-world flight in the Rutan Voyager. The company was the first to release active noise cancelling headphones as a consumer product.
QuietComfort 35 II
In 2017, Bose released an updated model known as the QuietComfort 35 II, which adds a customizable "action" button on the left ear cap. By default, it is mapped to activate the Google Assistant, making it the first headphones to integrate with the service.
The QC35 II was reviewed favorably for their noise cancellation, audio quality and comfort.
In July 2019, users began to report that a firmware update to the QC35 II had inhibited the performance of the noise cancellation features.
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