The app also provides ANC control, letting you dial in noise-cancellation levels
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puts the headphones in conversation mode, which automatically switches the
level to 0, allowing you to hear your surroundings clearly.
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granular variables such as adjusting how much of your own voice you can hear
on phone calls through the app. A detailed battery life status is also listed on the
main screen.
Bose plans to introduce augmented reality apps that work with its products, so
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it’s limited to a handful of apps that are essentially interactive maps or
discovery tools for things to do near your location. But it has the potential to
be cool.
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NOISE CANCELLATION AND MICS
Bose avoids one pitfall common with wireless ANC headphones: There’s little
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has little to no impact on how the headphones sound and doesn’t add
background hiss, which isn’t true of plenty of competing ANC models.