Bring Back Your Bose with an ESP32
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/bring-back-your-bose-with-an-esp32/
Bring Back Your Bose with an ESP32
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/bring-back-your-bose-with-an-esp32/
Before you accept the official Bose trade-in offer, read this. We went through the process and uncovered a hidden catch that strips your statutory rights, leaves you with a feature downgrade, and a "Bose tax" just to keep music in your room.
There is a better way to handle it. Full investigation breakdown on the site now. 👇
#Bose #SoundTouch #ConsumerRights #TechNews #SmartHome #Audio

Bose SoundTouch UK trade-in scheme exposed as a "corporate trap" stripping consumer statutory rights and pushing expensive, downgraded hardware onto affected users.
The servers for the #Bose #SoundTouch system are shutting down today.
Open-source replacements to keep existing functionality are available at https://github.com/deborahgu/soundcork/ (backend server), and https://github.com/krahl/soundcork-stockholm-app (app replacement).

Nous en avions parlé en 2025, Bose arrête le service SoundTouch sur ses enceintes connectées aujourd’hui. Pour les malheureux propriétaires, une bonne partie des fonctions s’arrêtent, en attendant qu’une hypothétique app tierce fasse son apparition. ...
With the upcoming demise of the #CloudServices of #Bose #SoundTouch I've migrated my first one to #soundcork - so far so good. Setup is still a bit manual, but functionally working as needed.
Lukas & Team - Smart Home Fix: Bose
Bose SoundTouch: Troubleshooting Discovery Failed Error in SmartThings
#Bose #SoundTouch #Discoveryfailed
🔍 Full Report: https://www.digitalhomefaults.org/bose/soundtouch/bose-soundtouch-discovery-failed-smartthings