EQUIPThe Verge · 1d ago
Bose acquires Skullcandy to help it reach a wider audience
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Bose has acquired consumer audio competitor Skullcandy to expand its market reach across diverse audience segments. The move formalizes a recent technical partnership that integrated proprietary Bose noise cancellation and spatial audio into Skullcandy products.
- 01Bose acquires Skullcandy to broaden its presence in the consumer audio equipment sector
- 02Integration leverages Bose proprietary active noise cancellation and head-tracking spatial audio technologies
- 03Previous collaboration on Crusher 1080 ANC headphones served as a precursor to the acquisition
- 04Strategic move positions Bose to capture a wider demographic beyond its traditional premium user base
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Bose announced today it has acquired Skullcandy. Although the two companies are competitors in the consumer audio space, Skullcandy recently partnered with its new owner to bring several of Bose's audio technologies - including its head-tracking spatial audio and excellent active noise cancellation (ANC) - to products like the Skullcandy Crusher 1080 ANC headphones and […]