Bose has three<\/span> new speakers to spice up your home listening. The company’s new \u201cLifestyle Collection\u201d\u2014designed with a snazzy fabric-wrapped grille and gentle curves\u2014includes the Lifestyle Ultra Speaker, Lifestyle Ultra Subwoofer, and Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar. All of them can be connected to multiple units and third-party speakers via AirPlay and Google Cast for a better multi-room audio experience.<\/p>\n These audio products mark a \u201creentering\u201d into the home speaker space for the company, bringing back the iconic Lifestyle lineup that originally debuted in 1990\u2014known for simplicity and ease of use\u2014which Bose subsequently discontinued in 2022.<\/p>\n To no surprise, Bose says the Ultra Soundbar is the \u201cbest soundbar we have ever made,\u201d and that the Ultra Speaker might even be one of the company’s best in its storied history. The wireless speaker starts at $299, with a $349 limited-edition model in Driftwood Sand; the soundbar costs $1,099, and the subwoofer is $899. They’re available for preorder now and go on sale May 15.<\/p>\n Bose Luxury Ultra Speaker in Driftwood Sand.<\/p>\n <\/span>Courtesy of Bose<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n These Wi-Fi-enabled speakers support AirPlay, Google Cast, Spotify Connect, and, uniquely, are the first to integrate with Alexa+ (in the US only), allowing you to ask Amazon’s chatbot to play music through the speakers via voice commands. There’s also Bluetooth support, and even an auxiliary input for connecting the Ultra Speaker to a turntable.<\/p>\n You can group two Lifestyle Ultra Speakers into a stereo system in the Bose app, or group them all together for a home theater system. Sadly, if you hoped to use it as a surround system with your existing Bose soundbar, the company says it’s only backward compatible with the Bass Module 700. And with the new Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar, it can only be used as a wired connection. For multi-room audio, the company has passed those grouping duties to the Google Home app for Google Cast technology, or Apple\u2019s AirPlay for iOS users. Speaking of the app, there’s a redesigned onboarding process that purportedly makes setting up all of these speakers a breeze.<\/p>\n On the audio front, the Ultra Speaker notably features an upward-firing driver for Dolby Atmos\u2013like spatial audio, along with two front-facing drivers. (It doesn’t seem to support Dolby Atmos Music at this time.) The company is also touting its CleanBass technology, which pairs Bose’s QuietPort acoustic opening with the woofer for deep sound that performs better than its size suggests, though we’ll have to hear it for ourselves to see if it lives up to Bose’s claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/69f8a7ae6b8c51ea610cedf7\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/Bose%2520Lifestyle%2520Ultra%2520Speaker_DriftwoodSand_02.JPG\"\/)
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