If you’re lucky enough to already own a pair of Bose QuietComfort Earbuds 2, then you’re in for a New Year’s treat thanks to a firmware upgrade that will enable higher quality audio when streaming from compatible playback devices.

The free over-the-air update was announced by Bose as part of its partnership with Qualcomm at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2022, with the update expected to automatically arrive to QC Earbuds 2 owners in early 2023. The update will bring aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless support to Bose’s flagship earphones, making are compatible with high-performance audio codecs that are increasingly supported by the best Android phones.

As the top model in our best noise-cancelling headphone buying guide, it might be hard to see how Bose could improve on its next-generation ANC headphones. We awarded them Editor’s Choice in our review, saying the next-generation model was a remarkable follow-up that delivered better sound than the original, great call quality and unrivaled ANC. But there’s always room for improvement, right?

Audio codec support was the only area where the flagship fell short of headphones like the Samsung Galaxy Earbuds 2 Pro (with 24-bit audio) and the Sony WF-1000XM4 (with high-quality LDAC wireless audio), both of which offer their own flavor of higher-resolution audio support. which enhances the standard AAC and SBC codecs.

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