Name: Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker
Brand: Bose
Price: 279.00 USD

The Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker is rated 3.7/5 for sound quality, #14 of 29 Medium Size Powered Desktop Speakers. See all Powered Home rankings for every top pick.

Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker · Editor's rating 3.7/5, ranked #14 of 29 Medium Size Powered Desktop Speakers

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Brand: Bose

#14 Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker: $279.00 each Amazon $279.00 eBay

Same family: the Bose Lifestyle Ultra Subwoofer (subwoofer, rated 3.8/5).

Pros: A compact smart speaker with an up firing driver for taller sound, built in Alexa, AirPlay 2, Google Cast and an aux input. Three drivers (a 3in woofer and 1in tweeter facing forward, plus a 1.5in driver firing upward) give it a noticeably taller sound than most compact home speakers. Stuff gave it the edge over the Sonos Era 100, and TechRadar called its tonal balance fairly neutral, with tight bass control and high detail. Alexa, including Alexa+, is built in, and RTINGS found its microphones picked up commands easily from across a noisy room. It streams over AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Spotify Connect and Bluetooth 5.3, keeps a 3.5mm aux input that the Sonos Era 100 lacks, and two units can be stereo paired or used as rear surrounds with the Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar.

Cons: RTINGS lists sub-par directivity as its main weakness, and reviewers agree a single unit sounds narrow from side to side, so it works best as a stereo pair. Deep bass is limited: Engadget found the low end restrained and preferred the Denon Home 200’s sound, Stuff noted it can’t separate sub-bass from the bassline and that DSP pulls bass back at maximum volume, and TechRadar heard a slight toothiness in the treble that needed EQ to calm. The EQ is only bass, mid and treble with no automatic room calibration. Bose warns the aux and Bluetooth inputs add lip sync delay for TV use, it has no battery or IP rating, and both SoundGuys and Engadget needed several restarts to get stereo pairing working.

Released	May 2026 (6 months ago)
AES Input	No
App	Yes (Bose)
Aux Input	Yes
Battery Life	No Battery
Bluetooth	Yes
Bluetooth Version	5.3
Built-in Microphone	Yes (far-field, mic mute button)
Coaxial Input	No
Dimensions	7.2” x 4.8” x 6.6” (184 x 121 x 167 mm) (H x W x D)
Drivers	3in woofer, 1in tweeter, 1.5in up-firing mid/high driver
EQ	Yes (Bass/Mid/Treble + up-firing driver level)
HDMI Input	No
IP Rating	None
Inputs	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm aux
Optical Input	No
Party Mode	Yes (Bose app multi-room, AirPlay 2, Google Cast)
Power Bank	No
Power Input	AC power cord
RCA Input	No
Stereo	No
Streaming Services	AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Spotify Connect
TRS Input	Yes (3.5mm)
TWS	Yes (stereo pairing via Bose app)
USB Input	No
Voice Assistants	Amazon Alexa / Alexa+
Weight	3.7 lbs (1.68 kg)
Wi-Fi	Yes
XLR Input	No

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Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker Review: Rated 3.7/5

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