Bose is yanking key features from its SoundTouch speakers
Bose will stop supporting cloud-based features available on its SoundTouch products starting February 18, 2026.
“After February 18, some features, including access to built-in music services like Spotify and TuneIn, as well as multi-room playback, will no longer be available,” Bose explains. On the same day, the SoundTouch app will also stop working, meaning you will no longer be able to use it to control your speakers. “However, if your SoundTouch product supports Bluetooth, AUX, or HDMI, you will still be able to enjoy high-quality audio playback from connected devices.”
More specifically, here’s what Bose says will be affected:
Some features such as Bluetooth and AUX on standalone SoundTouch speakers (like SoundTouch 10, 20 Series III, and 30 Series III) will most likely continue to work when connected to a local source, but we cannot guarantee long-term performance. For SoundTouch-enabled home theater products such as the Lifestyle 650, SoundTouch 130 and SoundTouch 300 soundbar, the HDMI and optical inputs as well as Bluetooth should continue to work. Other features like SoundTouch streaming and app control will no longer work.
The company launched its first SoundTouch products in 2013, but Bose says “technology has evolved since then and we are no longer able to support the development and support of the cloud infrastructure that powers this older generation of products.” The company had already partially begun discontinuing the SoundTouch line years ago, adding a notice to its website in 2020 that it would “discontinue sales of certain SoundTouch products.” At the time, Bose said it was committed to supporting “both the SoundTouch app and product software for the foreseeable future.”
With this shutdown of cloud services, Bose will also stop offering security updates for SoundTouch products. And Bose has no plans to offer a replacement app or platform: “We have no plans to support SoundTouch products through any other app,” the company says.
Many users on the Bose subreddit are unhappy with the change, with a thread on the announcement receiving over 260 comments as of this writing. “I literally spent several thousand dollars on these products,” one user wrote. “What a slap in the face. They’re basically doorstops now.”
Bose did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
