
Bose - QuietComfort Earbuds (2nd Gen, 2024)
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Last updated: Aug 9, 2025 Scoring
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"you don't need to mask with sound to block unwanted noise. ... The misses actually gets a little annoyed sometimes because she's trying to get my attention and I can't hear her. That's because I didn't realize I still had the buds on even though I finished work!"
"amazing, amazing, amazing ANC performance for earbuds! ... not even close in ANC performance vs these (Bose QuietComfort Earbuds (2024)) ... I, for ANC, prefer the approach Bose takes, blocking out pretty much all frequencies."
"I use the buds when it’s windy as the 4’s pick up too much noise. ... is particularly good at blocking out wind."
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8
"the gen 1 bose had the best fit of all these. very comfortable and secure."
"wear them for 8h+ everyday no sweat."
"they lock into the ear quite comfortably ... for my gym and cardio needs (hour on a bicycle daily outdoors for cardio and hour in the gym every other day) ... they have never once fallen out of my ears regardless of how rigorous or sweaty I get haha."
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"most importantly, they have a new completely re-written app and it ACTUALLY WORKS. This was by FAR my biggest complaint with previous Bose earbuds. ... These have truly been flawless, including multipoint. ... The headphones actually connect to the app every time (what a concept), do so quickly, consistently, no dropouts. ... The app itself is also great, very user-friendly with a decent amount of customization with voice and touch controls. ... HUGE improvement compared to previous generations. ... These have been night and day better so far. They connect to the new app consistently, no dropouts, it feels much more like their other products like the NC700 over-ears I have. ... I still use them daily for both work and general use, and they still work perfectly fine. Every once in a while I'll have a drop but it's night and day different from the previous QCE2s. When those dropped, I would be fighting for hours to get it to reconnect. These, worst case it's a couple seconds. And this happens quite infrequently, I notice it mostly when I'm in a busy area like a plane and using the multipoint to swap between tab and phone. ... Basically no issues whatsoever when I'm just at my desk."
"the QC Earbuds are way more stable and reliable. ... It doesn’t happen frequently, in the last week (when I used them a lot, daily), it happened like 2 or 3 times."
"they have finally gotten the connectivity right to the point it works consistently. ... Smooth sailing otherwise, and have had no issues with multi point connectivity."
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8
"The bass is just incredible compared to the others. It really blew me away at first."
"I switched to the Bose QCEs and it made me realize how flat sounding AirPods really are."
"The Bose QC earbuds sound better than the QC Ultra to me. Especially when it comes to bass, the earbuds are the clear winner."
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0
"I also can't remember the last time I charged them."
"they indeed last more than 8 hours on battery WITH ANC ON THE WHOLE TIME! Wow. ... Right now, I've had them on for 4 hours listening to an audiobook with ANC on. My work day is half over and I still have 70% battery. My Airpods Pro 2 would be almost out of juice at this point."
"I use them in the gym 2.5 hours a day-5 days a week. I charge the buds/case every 10-12 days."
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"What really sucks is that they automatically turn off after about 20 minutes. This only happens when I'm lying down. ... But once I lie down during my break, while taking a nap, or when I want to sleep and my neighbor is being loud, they turn themselves off. ... I wake up and find them disconnected, turned off, and with 100% battery. ... Sure enough, when I took a nap today, the buds turned off ~20 minutes into my nap."
"when I ’m lying down, they stop constantly, and it’s a royal pain. ... But I can’t use them if I want to lie down and chill out ... I’m very disappointed that I can’t use them at night in bed ... they won’t play for more than 10 minutes or so without disconnecting. ... Sometimes I can tap on the bud to get it to reconnect, but not always. ... I have used wireless earbuds for many years and I have never seen such an odd behavior."
"There doesn't seem to be a way to disable this. ... Sometimes, when it connects to the app, it says something about "turning off battery optimization," but I can't find that option anywhere on the app. ... The new QCE app doesn't have that setting, even though I occasionally get a pop-up that says I can set this in the "Battery Optimization" tab. ... The app they force you to use is really watered-down though, so even if it's a settings issue, there's no way for me to fix it through the app."
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"I've had 3 break in a year's time. 3. ... Audio was because I made an attempt to clean the speaker with a q-tip as suggested but apparently was too rough with it or something. ... The second time I stupidly tried to clean the microphone, again in the way they recommend. Which broke the ANC completely. ... The third time the left earbud randomly started playing Audio at extremely low volume. I had not touched anything important. Didn't even switch the rubber set or plug. This was in the same month I got them. ... I still am frustrated though at how easy they break. ... it's been a few months since then and the ANC is starting to fail again and I have no idea why."
"The QC Bluetooth connection issues I've been experiencing since the first day"
"my QCs just shit the bed (left one literally came apart at the seams)."
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"The QC Bluetooth connection issues I've been experiencing since the first day"
"but they had terrible bt connectivity with my iphone. ... had to often forget and reconnect. ... mich too often for buds in that price range. ... had to call bose about this way too often."
"stopping working after only a few weeks ... people being issues multiple pairs after 2-3 defective pairs"
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"the mic is terrible"
"voice control often doesn’t hear what I say - it does two instructions, then nothing"
"Absolute trash to make phone calls on."
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"I had the same problem and returned them."
"they are not comfortable for me ... I tried and returned them."
"after dropping my black Bose ear bud and having to basically lay on the floor after landing to find it ... Definitely felt the need to decontaminate"
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