Watch out, Sonos: Bose’s Dolby Atmos Ultra soundbar with AI looks seriously smart

Bose solely introduced its ‘Extremely’ wi-fi headphones and earbuds final week, but it surely seems to be increasing its newest product household quicker than a Sims fanatic might. Certainly it has already revealed one other member: the Bose Good Extremely Soundbar, the corporate’s new flagship and successor to the Good Soundbar 900.

The inclusion of ‘Good’ in its official title not solely continues its predecessor’s naming however little question additionally represents its new AI expertise. Earlier than you get too excited, that is ‘simply’ an AI Dialogue Mode that goals to stability voices and encompass sound relying on the content material being proven. No extra loud advertisements between quieter TV programmes? That is the promise, and a really helpful one it could possibly be too.

Whether or not or not the inclusion of ‘Extremely’ in its identify might be justified stays to be heard, however issues look promising on the audio supply entrance. 9 dipole audio system bless the within of the only bar, with two being upward-firers for efficient supply of peak channels in Dolby Atmos or DTS:X soundtracks.

Bose’s proprietary TrueSpace processing goals to ‘spatialise’ different content material, comparable to 5.1 encompass sound and even stereo, to make it extra enveloping and, to make use of the massive buzzword, immersive. These eager to take their Bose Extremely soundbar to the subsequent stage can add Bose’s devoted Bass Module 500 or 700 subwoofer and/or set of Encompass Speaker modules, too.

There is a bit extra system intelligence value mentioning. Bose’s SimpleSync know-how provides a seamless connection between the soundbar and another Bose merchandise, together with the brand new QuietComfort headphones and ‘choose’ Bluetooth audio system. Alternatively, you possibly can group collectively any Bose sensible speaker or soundbar, such because the Residence Speaker 300 and Good Soundbar 600 respectively, for multi-room listening through the Bose Music app.

Then there’s Voice4Video, which sits on prime of Alexa to broaden voice management choices past the soundbar to the remainder of the related AV setup.