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Bose acquires Skullcandy to help it reach a wider audience - The Verge

Publisher description: Details about the deal weren’t revealed, but Skullcandy will remain a separate brand under Bose’s premium consumer audio business.

NewsAPI | Oct 21, 2026 | Andrew Liszewski

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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 Method 360 ANC earbuds. Specific details about the deal weren’t shared, but according to a news release, Bose plans to keep Skullcandy a separate brand that will become part of its premium consumer audio business.

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