Bose is pulling key features from its SoundTouch speakers

Bose will stop supporting cloud features available in its SoundTouch products on February 18, 2026.

“After February 18, some features — including access to integrated music services like Spotify and TuneIn, as well as multi-room playback — will no longer be available.” Boss says. On the same day, the SoundTouch app will also stop working, meaning you won’t be able to use it to control the speakers. “However, if your SoundTouch product supports Bluetooth, AUX, or HDMI, you will still be able to enjoy high-quality audio playback from connected devices.”

Specifically, here’s what Bose says will be affected:

Some functions such as Bluetooth and AUX on standalone SoundTouch speakers (such as the SoundTouch 10, 20 Series III, and 30 Series III) will likely continue to work when connected to a local source, but we cannot guarantee long-term performance. For SoundTouch-enabled home theater products like the Lifestyle 650, SoundTouch 130, and SoundTouch 300 Soundbar, HDMI and optical inputs as well as Bluetooth should continue to work. Other features like SoundTouch streaming and app control will no longer work.

The company launched its first product, SoundTouch In 2013But Bose says that “technology has evolved since then and we are no longer able to continue developing and supporting the cloud infrastructure that powers this older generation of products.” The company had already partially begun the transition from the SoundTouch line years ago, adding a notice to its website In 2020 Which it said would “discontinue sales of certain SoundTouch products.” At the time, Bose said it was committed to supporting “both the SoundTouch app and product software for the foreseeable future.”

With the discontinuation of cloud services, Bose will also stop providing security updates for SoundTouch products. Bose doesn’t plan to offer an alternative app or platform: “We don’t plan to support SoundTouch products through any other app,” the company says.

Many users on the Bose subreddit are unhappy with the change Topic about advertising Receiving more than 260 comments as of this writing. “I literally spent several thousand on these products.” one user wrote. “What a slap in the face. They’re basically doorstops now.”

Bose did not immediately respond to a request for comment.