Bose won't brick your older SoundTouch speakers even though it's shutting down their servers: Here's everything you need to know

Soundtouch speakers are losing some smart features, but Bose won't brick them ...
What Hi-Fi? on MSN

Good news for Bose customers – or slightly less bad news, at any rate

Certain speakers are being made slightly less dumb than previously planned.
TechSpot

Bose is ending SoundTouch's cloud features, but not entirely killing the speakers

Facepalm: Smart home appliance makers are increasingly relying on planned obsolescence in an attempt to boost sales and inflate short-term profits. Some users are pushing back, however, since few in ...

Bose Does the Right Thing for Customers of its Unsupported Smart Speakers

Bose announced last October that it would brick its oldest smart speakers in February, setting off customer complaints.
Ars Technica

Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life

Bose released the Application Programming Interface (API) documentation for its SoundTouch speakers today, putting a silver lining around the impending end-of-life (EoL) of the expensive home theater ...