Smart Ultra Soundbar

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Smart Ultra Soundbar

14 positive 0 neutral 17 negative

Based on 31 Reddit mentions

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I Pulled the trigger! Who else is getting one?

Same. I have the smart ultra soundbar and 700 sub. I was holding out for decent surrounds. Then when the new rears were announced, I was cheering. However, to screw their loyal customer base, Bose decide not to make any of the lifestyle range backwards compatible. Seeee yaaa Bose. I’m going to upgra

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_Hotdamn in r/bose

May 16, 2026 8:48 AM

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Bose is back in your living room, and Sonos should be worried

Just read that these are not compatible to prior Bose surround speakers which sucks. Bose might be shooting itself on the foot with this one. I currently have an smart ultra soundbar and a 700 sub and was looking to add surround speakers. Now that they've released this, I'm not too sure anymore if I

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RevolutionaryAir1621 in r/bose

May 5, 2026 9:39 PM

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Its official now.

This is extremely disappointing and they’ve definitely missed the mark on this one. I have the smart ultra soundbar and would 100% buy these if they were compatible. But now… sorry Bose, but I’m going to buy another brand.

_Hotdamn in r/bose

May 5, 2026 12:30 PM

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Its official now.

The surrounds do sound like a huge improvement. Regarding the Bass Module, I'm pretty disappointed. It’s the same driver, just with improved connection and better optimization with the new lifestyle soundbar. The soundbar seems to be an upgrade based on the Smart Ultra Soundbar. However older produc

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deathpunchd in r/bose

May 5, 2026 12:11 PM

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How many of you with ultra smart soundbar will upgrade to lifestyle ultra?

Upgraded from Bose Smart Ultra to the new Lifestyle Ultra — sharing what I've learned Owned the Smart Ultra for about 6 months until a firmware update bricked it. Best Buy ended up offering me a fair deal to upgrade, so I paid the difference and walked out with the brand new Lifestyle Ultra (release

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New_Supermarket1578 in r/bose

May 21, 2026 4:12 PM

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Its official now.

Here I am keeping my Bose Ultra Soundbar for years just waiting for them to finally release upward firing surrounds so I can upgrade my surround 300s, for them to not even have the ability to pair with my current soundbar and forcing me to have to upgrade. Screw Bose, this has completely taken me aw

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Mannyep43 in r/bose

May 6, 2026 12:33 PM

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Share opinions on the new Bose Lifestyle Ultra soundbar

Hi, I had the smart ultra soundbar including surrounds 300 and bass module 700. I sold it to get the new lifestyle soundbar, sub and surrounds. So far I am disappointed with it. I had connectivity issues right out the box, took 4 factory reset to get it working. Surrounds keep going offline for some

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dat_tallguy in r/bose

May 22, 2026 11:55 PM

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Its official now.

Meine zwei Monate alte Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar bringt mir in diesem Fall gar nichts. Die Surround Speakers 700 werden nicht mehr produziert und die Lifestyle Surround Speakers sind nicht kompatibel. Genau mein Humor. Somit wird die Soundbar verkauft und ich werde zu Sonos wechseln. Danke für nicht

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Merowinger023 in r/bose

May 7, 2026 8:49 AM

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Bose is back in your living room, and Sonos should be worried

Ok I’ve been waiting to see what Bose was going to bring out to replace the Bose Ultra Soundbar and 700 surrounds. It would have been nice if they had made the new Lifestyle line comparable as rears with the older Ultra Soundbars. The new line looks to be comparable with the Bose Smart speakers so i

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Gang-Plank in r/bose

May 7, 2026 9:27 AM

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Bose is back in the game !

It’s a shame. I currently have the smart ultra soundbar and if the new rears were compatible with it, I would have bought them straight up. But now, I’d rather spend my money on a complete new setup with Sonos or Sony for 2 reasons. The other brands are better. Out of spite for Bose forcing original

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_Hotdamn in r/bose

May 9, 2026 4:53 AM

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