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I own the Bose QC 35's and I never had to use an app at all until I decided to update them to the latest software

cjsawyer 6y ago
You can’t change the noise canceling settings without the phone app. They also default back to “full” after you power cycle the headset. I wanted to use them with a PC and no ANC but no luck without the clunky phone process.
- Mandatum 6y ago
  QC35's have a hardware button on the side of the volume buttons that allow you to change ANC. Not sure which model you're using.
  - cjsawyer 6y ago
    I have the first gen, not the model II’s. It doesn’t have the button on the left side.
    - Mandatum 6y ago
      I'm a buffoon! I meant the QC30's - the in-ear ones. Sorry! It appears mk 2 of QC35 has physical ANC buttons, but the originals do not.
    - dylz 6y ago
      Even worse, on my QC35 II's, the hardware button defaulted to Google Assistant on Android, and I had to use the app anyway to set it to modify ANC on press.
      - cjsawyer 6y ago
        At least that’s just a one time setup process.
- NoPicklez 6y ago
  This is actually a positive to using the app. I have the original QC 35's and they never originally gave us the option to change the ANC. Only through an update and using the app that they switched it on. If our headphones didn't use can app, we would still be stuck without being able to modify the ANC level.
  - cjsawyer 6y ago
    That finally explains why it has hardware to remember the voiceover setting but not the ANC setting
    - NoPicklez 6y ago
      Its bugs me as well
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55555 6y ago
I used to love my Bose QC 35 ii's but now I'm convinced they're kind of a scam. Bose deliberately made the battery enclosure very difficult to open so that you can't replace the battery yourself. Why do you need to replace the battery? Because if you use them every day, the battery degrades so that a full charge only lasts about 1 hour, down from 20+ hours, within just 2 years. So you aren't really paying $250 for a pair of headphones, you're paying $125 a year to rent them, as they will only last 2 years due to planned obsolescence. This seems to have been a deliberate decision by Bose as the previous model had a removable battery.
- inetknght 6y ago
  > Bose deliberately made the battery enclosure very difficult to open so that you can't replace the battery yourself. Why do you need to replace the battery? Because if you use them every day, the battery degrades so that a full charge only lasts about 1 hour, down from 20+ hours, within just 2 years. I've used my QC35 II's 6 to 8 hours a day for 5 days a week for 4 years. They last approximately a full week on one charge; they'd die mid Friday if I used them a lot that week or early Monday if I forgot to charge over the weekend. I've had them unplugged and unused since March (work from home) and they still had 60% when I tried them just now.
  - 55555 6y ago
    Okay, that's interesting. I've used mine ~6 hours per day for 5 days a week for 2 years. Why can't mine hold a charge for more than an hour? Maybe there's something I don't understand about how batteries work that I am doing and that I could do differently.
    - inetknght 6y ago
      I mostly don't use bluetooth. I keep them wired 95% of the time and noise cancelling just eliminates office noise. The remaining 5% of the time is typically on a flight to somewhere connected to my iPhone a couple of feet away.
      - 6y ago
nereus 6y ago
I think they are referring to the Bose 700 model.

You can’t change the noise canceling settings without the phone app. They also default back to “full” after you power cycle the headset. I wanted to use them with a PC and no ANC but no luck without the clunky phone process.

Mandatum 6y ago
QC35's have a hardware button on the side of the volume buttons that allow you to change ANC. Not sure which model you're using.
- cjsawyer 6y ago
  I have the first gen, not the model II’s. It doesn’t have the button on the left side.
  - Mandatum 6y ago
    I'm a buffoon! I meant the QC30's - the in-ear ones. Sorry! It appears mk 2 of QC35 has physical ANC buttons, but the originals do not.
  - dylz 6y ago
    Even worse, on my QC35 II's, the hardware button defaulted to Google Assistant on Android, and I had to use the app anyway to set it to modify ANC on press.
    - cjsawyer 6y ago
      At least that’s just a one time setup process.
NoPicklez 6y ago
This is actually a positive to using the app. I have the original QC 35's and they never originally gave us the option to change the ANC. Only through an update and using the app that they switched it on. If our headphones didn't use can app, we would still be stuck without being able to modify the ANC level.
- cjsawyer 6y ago
  That finally explains why it has hardware to remember the voiceover setting but not the ANC setting
  - NoPicklez 6y ago
    Its bugs me as well

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55555 6y ago

I used to love my Bose QC 35 ii's but now I'm convinced they're kind of a scam. Bose deliberately made the battery enclosure very difficult to open so that you can't replace the battery yourself. Why do you need to replace the battery? Because if you use them every day, the battery degrades so that a full charge only lasts about 1 hour, down from 20+ hours, within just 2 years. So you aren't really paying $250 for a pair of headphones, you're paying $125 a year to rent them, as they will only last 2 years due to planned obsolescence. This seems to have been a deliberate decision by Bose as the previous model had a removable battery.

inetknght 6y ago
> Bose deliberately made the battery enclosure very difficult to open so that you can't replace the battery yourself. Why do you need to replace the battery? Because if you use them every day, the battery degrades so that a full charge only lasts about 1 hour, down from 20+ hours, within just 2 years. I've used my QC35 II's 6 to 8 hours a day for 5 days a week for 4 years. They last approximately a full week on one charge; they'd die mid Friday if I used them a lot that week or early Monday if I forgot to charge over the weekend. I've had them unplugged and unused since March (work from home) and they still had 60% when I tried them just now.
- 55555 6y ago
  Okay, that's interesting. I've used mine ~6 hours per day for 5 days a week for 2 years. Why can't mine hold a charge for more than an hour? Maybe there's something I don't understand about how batteries work that I am doing and that I could do differently.
  - inetknght 6y ago
    I mostly don't use bluetooth. I keep them wired 95% of the time and noise cancelling just eliminates office noise. The remaining 5% of the time is typically on a flight to somewhere connected to my iPhone a couple of feet away.
    - 6y ago

nereus 6y ago

I think they are referring to the Bose 700 model.