Hi-fidelity audio
Legendary noise cancelling
Water and world resistant
Relentless battery
A fit that won’t quit
Multipoint connectivity
Control at your fingertips
Customize in the Bose QCE App

Bose QuietComfort Earbuds

4.8 out of 5 Customer Rating
The everyday, made epic. New Bose QuietComfort Earbuds offer iconic audio, renowned noise cancellation and a relentless, long-lasting battery – all in a compact, durable package that’s powerful, not precious.
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Price is:

$249.00

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Hi-fidelity audio
Legendary noise cancelling
Water and world resistant
Relentless battery
A fit that won’t quit
Multipoint connectivity
Control at your fingertips
Customize in the Bose QCE App
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Bose QuietComfort Earbuds
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Price is:

$249.00

Product details

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What’s in the Box
  • 2 Bose QuietComfort Earbuds
  • Charging case
  • USB-C cable (USB-A to USB-C, 12")
  • Fit Kit (Small, Medium, and Large eartips & stability bands for each earbud)
  • Safety sheet
Headphone Fit In Ear
Microphones Built-in Microphone
Noise Cancelling Yes
Noise Control Type Adjustable Noise Cancelling
Water Resistant IPX4
Bud Single 2.9 cm H x 2.51 cm W x 2.11 cm D (0.01 kg)
Case 3.51 cm H x 7.01 cm W x 4.83 cm D (0.05 kg)
Entire Product System 3.51 cm H x 7.01 cm W x 4.83 cm D (0.07 kg)
Product Material Plastic (PC-ABS), Silicone, Metal
Rechargeable Yes
Battery Life 8.5 hours
Battery Charge Time 1.5 hours
Charging Accessory included Yes
Charging Interface(s) USB C PORT
Wireless Connectivity A2DP Bluetooth Audio Streaming, HFP Bluetooth, AVRCP Bluetooth
Bose App Bose QCE App

QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds offer our most premium design and most advanced technologies for the best Bose listening experience in an earbud. With our QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, you will enjoy our most personalized listening experience, with CustomTune technology and our best earbud noise cancellation, audio quality, and voice pickup. In addition, you’ll have access to our highest quality features, including customizable listening modes, Spotify Tap, SimpleSync (for use with compatible Bose soundbars/speakers), Snapdragon Sound, and Google Fast Pair (for compatible Android devices).

Our QuietComfort Earbuds offer a great everyday listening experience, with sound that is powerful, not precious, and feature excellent noise cancellation. In addition, with our QuietComfort Earbuds you get customizable shortcuts and voice command via the Bose QCE app.

The Bose QCE app has been designed to work with our Bose QuietComfort Earbuds. With this app you get the same standard features of the Bose App: EQ adjustment, adjustable ANC, Voice Assistant, Tap Control Customization, Custom Product Naming, Update Notifications; plus, additional features including: Listening & Call Battery Prediction, Remote Selfie, and Voice Command.

Smart calls refer to several features of the QuietComfort Earbuds:

  • Voice Commands: Answer/reject phone calls through voice control.
  • Side Tones: Hear yourself speak on calls or in-game chats with adjustable voice amplification. This can be turned on or off in the Smart Calls feature card of the Bose QCE app.
  • Activate Announce Calls: This allows you to hear the caller’s name whenever you get a call. Directions to enable are in the Smart Calls feature card of the Bose QCE app.
  • Touch Controls: Touch Controls for calls can be customized in the Smart Calls feature card of the Bose QCE app.

When enabled, Voice ID allows you to calibrate your headphones to your own unique voice to improve performance and accuracy of Voice Control. To set up Voice ID, select Start Calibration in the Voice Control feature card of the Bose QCE app. This will walk you through a quick process to set up Voice ID. After calibrating Voice ID you can choose to enable or disable Voice ID in the Bose QCE app.

Single tap, double tap, triple tap, and press and hold are all configurable buttons in the Bose QCE app. This can be done through the Touch Controls feature card or within specific product setting feature cards.

The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds have voice control available in the Bose QCE app. The app needs to be opened, but can be in the background, to use the voice control. Voice control can be used to:

Play and pause music
Skip forward
Skip back
Increase and decrease volume
Change noise control setting
Change spatial audio setting
Take a photo
Access native voice assistant
Answer and end phone calls

Yes, you can use either the left or right bud independently for listening or for phone calls. Controls on your bud will remain as when you are using both buds, and any shortcuts you have set will remain as you have set them. For optimal noise cancelling performance, both buds should be used together.

Yes. You can use a compatible third-party wireless charger (not provided) to charge the case.

When the earbuds are not in the case and the case is not plugged in, the LED colour indicates the charging case battery status:

Solid green (5 seconds): high charge (81 – 100%)
Solid amber (5 seconds): medium charge (30 – 80%)
Solid red (5 seconds): low charge (1 – 29%)

When the earbuds are in the case, but the case is not plugged in, the LED colour indicates the earbuds’ battery status:

Solid green (5 seconds): fully charged
Slowly pulses amber (5 seconds): charging

Yes. Bose QuietComfort Earbuds have an adaptive microphone system that allows you to use them during calls when connected to any smartphone. In addition to traditional calls, the earbuds work with many apps that use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), such as Teams, Zoom, or FaceTime. The microphone system adapts to your environment to isolate your voice from competing background noises and wind. In addition, self-voice (adjustable in the Bose QCE app settings) allows you to hear yourself naturally, as if you weren’t wearing earbuds at all, so you can monitor the volume of your voice and minimize the effects of speaking while wearing earbuds.

The eartips on the QuietComfort Earbuds and QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are interchangeable, but the stability bands are not due to differences in the mechanical design.

You can use your QuietComfort Earbuds to take a selfie once configured via the Bose QCE app. In the Remote Selfie feature card in the Bose QCE app you can choose to take a photo while wearing your earbuds through voice control and/or by updating one of the gestures. If using voice commands, open your camera app and say “Hey Headphones, Take Photo” and your phone will snap a photo. If using a customized touch control, do this gesture while the camera app is open to take the photo.

Instructions can also be found in the Bose QCE app when you select the Remote Selfie feature card.

The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds can be connected to a Bose soundbar or speaker as a SimpleSync device; however, they have not been fully optimized for a seamless audio and video Bluetooth connection.

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Owner's guide

Sound without compromise

Enjoy a satisfyingly rich listening experience that hits all the right notes.

Woman wearing Bose QuietComfort Earbuds

The essential, made epic

Bose QuietComfort Earbuds

Legendary noise cancelling

Hear the difference

Block out distractions consistently and effectively. Toggle between Quiet and Aware Modes to get a feel for both settings.

Sound with stamina

Carpe the damn diem with enduring, iconic audio designed for less precious, more everyday play.

Enduring, seize-the-day charge

Up to 8.5 hours of nonstop charge¹ means your music fuels you all day long. The wireless charging case also holds 2.5 charges for up to 31.5 hours of listening time.²

Bose QuietComfort Earbuds in their charging case with the cover open.

Water and world resistant

An IPX4 rating for water and sweat resistance means you’re ready for all dips, slips, and downpours.

Hands-free, hassle-free switching

Bluetooth® multipoint offers seamless, uninterrupted listening. Switch between your phone, your laptop, and other devices with ease — without missing a beat.

Bose QuietComfort Earbuds showing Bluetooth multipoint connectivity with various devices.
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Features at a glance

Bose QuietComfort Earbuds
  • Powerful, proven audio
    Remarkable sound quality means what you hear hits all the right notes.
  • Defy distractions
    Renowned noise cancellation consistently and effectively blocks out your surroundings.
  • Water and world resistant
    An IPX4 rating for water resistance means splashes, drips, and sprays won’t hold you back.
  • A fit that won’t quit
    A trio of eartip and stability band sizes ensures your earbuds feel comfortable, snug, and secure.
  • Switch devices, uninterrupted
    Bluetooth multipoint lets you switch between your phone, laptop, and other devices — all without missing a moment.

Why buy from Bose

¹ Testing conducted by Bose in June 2024 using production-representative Bose QuietComfort Earbuds and IEC60268-1 pink noise using A2DP Bluetooth audio. Volume set to playback loudness of 75dBSPL, 3-band EQ set to zero, in Quiet Mode (full noise cancellation). Playback time was up to 9 hours before battery depletion. Battery life varies based on settings and usage.
² Testing conducted by Bose in June 2024 by inserting production-representative Bose QuietComfort Earbuds with battery depleted (to the point of no audio playback) into a fully charged Bose QuietComfort Earbuds charging chase and charging earbuds to 100%, then resuming audio playback until battery depletion. Testing resulted in 2.5 complete charging cycles by the case before a full charge was no longer possible.
³ Testing conducted by Bose in June 2023 using production-representative Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds and a variety of music tracks using A2DP Bluetooth audio streaming at RSSI signal strength of 75dBm. Volume set to playback loudness of 75dB, 3-band EQ set, to zero in Quiet Mode (full noise cancellation). With Immersive Audio off, playback time was up to 6 hours before battery depletion. With Immersive Audio on, playback time was up to 4 hours before battery depletion. Battery life
varies based on settings and usage.

Ratings and Reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 by from Bose!! I have Bose headphones, earbuds, soundbar, surround sound the house, they always amaze me of the next version!! Keep it coming!!! Even gave my girlfriend earbuds that wrap around the ear, She loves then when Jogging!!
Date published: 2024-10-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by from earbuds Excellent! This is the first earbuds that actually fit and stay in my ears. The sound quality couldn't be better.
Date published: 2024-10-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Love it! After a month of using this product, I love it so far especially when it comes to the audio quality and aware/silence mode. Although I still haven’t used other features that these earbuds have to offer and can’t say much about it for the meantime, I really like how it came with 3 types of ear tips including the stability bands to which I personally use the small-sized ear tips and it fit me perfectly in the end! Other earbuds that I’ve used in the past just kept falling off from my ears and I appreciate how these earbuds just stays in place whenever I relax or traveling to places. The noise-cancelling feature is the best when you want to block out any outside noise or voices and it does the job pretty well if you want to immerse yourself within your own world while listening to music, videos, movies, etc. Another best feature of these earbuds is the battery life and it lasts for a good while for me since I’m a college student who depends on these whenever I’m on break or studying. Even though I’m more of a headphones girl,I took a liking to these Bose QuietComfort earbuds pretty quickly and I can’t go anywhere without these. Plus, it doesn’t take a lot of space in my bag which I loved a lot!
Date published: 2024-10-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Love The Noise Cancellation I received these earbuds about a month ago and after charging them once was able to easily pair with my phone. Initially, there was some hissing while the music was playing which was resolved by swapping to the smaller earbud tips. The noise canceling in these buds is impeccable. I used them on a flight and they cancelled the external noise better than the over the ear Bose headphones. I actually used both during the fight to compare. The battery life is very long as I have only charged the case once and have used them during my walk breaks, workouts and flights. Paying with the Peloton bike was very easy as well and the sound is so crisp and clear and the same goes for phone calls. The sound is just amazing. The buds are very sensitive, however and one slight touch will pause the music which can be a little annoying if you have to adjust them in your ear. The volume controls are easy to use and I love the fact that I can change the sound of the music to add more bass, etc. The case small enough to fit into my belt bag but doesn’t have a strap or any type of attachment that would make it easier to attach to anything to carry them. Perhaps Bose will develop a carrying case for them. Overall, I am pretty pleased with these earbuds.
Date published: 2024-10-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Amazing sound isolation and great features! I've been using these since the first day I got them, and I am so impressed! The noise canceling is perfect, and extends to calls as well (I have a relative that always knows when I'm on my blue tooth ear phones, and she couldn'thear anything, and I answered the phone using a shop vac). I love all the features (there is really too many to list, but my faves are the touch controls and the voice controls). The battery also lasts a long time, I didn't even have to recharge the case until over a week after I got them, and I used them for at least two hours a day. The couple things that could be improved are when my hair brushes against the outside of them, it sounds like amplified scratching (probably do to the touch controls), and the case is awkward to open, especially if you have short nails. But the pros severely outweigh the cons, and I am so glad to have these amazing earbuds! I would highly recommend to anyone.
Date published: 2024-10-02
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