Bose’s New QuietComfort Headphones Are Truly Next Gen. Here’s What I Like About Them
Tech > Mobile > Headphones Bose’s New QuietComfort Headphones Are Truly Next Gen. Here’s What I Like About Them The 2026 second-generation QC Headphones offer design, feature and performance upgrades that makes them seem like a true 2.0 product. David Carnoy Executive Editor / Reviews Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000.… Read full bio David Carnoy Executive Editor / Reviews Read full bio August 6, 2026, 9:12 am ET 2 min read The QuietComfort Headphones (2nd-gen) in their new eucalyptus green color.
- ▪Tech > Mobile > Headphones Bose’s New QuietComfort Headphones Are Truly Next Gen.
- ▪Here’s What I Like About Them The 2026 second-generation QC Headphones offer design, feature and performance upgrades that makes them seem like a true 2.0 product.
- ▪David Carnoy Executive Editor / Reviews Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000.… Read full bio David Carnoy Executive Editor / Reviews Read full bio August 6, 2026, 9:12 am ET 2 min read Th
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| Canonical URL | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/boses-new-quietcomfort-headphones-are-truly-next-gen-heres-what-i-like-about-them/ |
| Publication time | 2026-08-06T13:00:00Z |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-06T13:25:43.714Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-06T13:25:43.714Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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Tech > Mobile > Headphones Bose’s New QuietComfort Headphones Are Truly Next Gen. Here’s What I Like About Them The 2026 second-generation QC Headphones offer design, feature and performance upgrades that makes them seem like a true 2.0 product. David Carnoy Executive Editor / Reviews Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000.… Read full bio David Carnoy Executive Editor / Reviews Read full bio August 6, 2026, 9:12 am ET 2 min read The QuietComfort Headphones (2nd-gen) in their new eucalyptus green color. Bose When Bose released its flagship QuietComfort Ultra Headphones in 2023, it slightly upgraded its QuietComfort 45 headphones, rebranding them as the numberless QuietComfort Headphones or QC Headphones for short.
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