Bose has tally anotherBluetooth speakerto its SoundLink lineup of portable . The SoundLink Home Speaker is a sleek and lissom unit that doubles as a speakerphone and can be two-channel - paired with a 2nd SoundLink Home for more immersive strait . It can be range starting October 1 , in Light Silver or Cool Gray , for $ 219 . If you survive in China , there ’s also a “ Warm Wood ” option . For now , the speaker is being sell exclusively through Bose ’s website .
Unlike Bose ’s other SoundLink verbaliser , the SoundLink Home is intended as an app - barren experience — just power up the speaker and pair it with your favorite smartphone . Actually , withBluetooth Multipoint , you may mate it to two phone simultaneously — but you ’ll have to referee the fights between the phone owner .
However , the lack of app compatibility mean this is the only Bose SoundLink verbalizer that ca n’t be wirelessly connected to another Bose ware ( like its newBose Smart Soundbar ) via SimpleSync , or to multiple Bluetooth speakers via political party modality .
The speaker is very compact at only 8.5 inch wide , 4.4 inch tall , and 2.3 inches thick . At just a hair under 2 pounds , it should also testify soft to move around . It ’s framed out in brushed anodized aluminum , with a set of physical control buttons on the top Earth’s surface for power , bulk , and Bluetooth pairing , plus a multifunction button playback .
A textile meshing grillwork covers the front and back . Bose tell that under that fabric lies a full - range transducer with dual inactive radiators that produce “ mystifying bass that fills any room . ”
You charge the speaker via the side USB - C interface . A four - time of day charge will fill up the inner barrage , after which Bose enjoin you ’ll get about nine hours of playtime . However , that ’s assuming you keep the volume set at 50 % or less . Rock out at full mass and you ’ll get far less sentence — just 2.5 hours according to the official specifications .
That USB - speed of light port can also be used to connect wired digital rootage like a computer or USB - blow fitted out headphone . queerly , there ’s no analog remark , something Bose includes on most of its other SoundLink utterer , let in the late addedSoundLink Max . A make - in mic Army of the Pure you use the talker for calls , or to access your phone ’s voice assistant .
As the name implies , Bose appears to see the SoundLink Home as a verbalizer you ’ll move from one room in your home plate to another , but not out of doors . It has no official auspices from piddle or debris , and a Bose spokesperson admonish Digital Trends that it should plausibly not be used in a can or anywhere else where high humidness is likely to be a regular matter .
