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Beyond disappointed. After complaints (including mine) that the original sounds were mostly too "bright" (and for me, only Cascade was usable and on my 3rd st of buds, it still turns to mush after a few hours), Bose finally unveils the sleep library without a single new noise masking sounds. Only "relaxation" sounds, and those are overly "bright" when I preview them.   For a product called SLEEPbuds, I would have expected gentle, non vibrant real noise masking sounds. Does Bose NOT read/listen to feedback?    To transfer a single sound, the app states from 1/2 hour up to 3 hours.  ... View more

This is not showing up for me. I've manually check for updates several times. Only see 1.5.5 - iOS 12.1, iPhone XS (but then 1.5.6 never showed up). Also checked on friends iPhone 6 and another iPhone 7.    ... View more

I've heard several different "answers" on timing. When I spoke to support for my last exchange (now on my 3rd set) and asked about this I was told the latest was "by end of this year". That was after after first being told "90 days or so" in June right after purchasing and discovering that only Cascade worked for me. I'm still seeing Cascade turn to a mushy brown noise after a period of time, but at least there is no annoyng hum (yet). I'm well past the time I can get a refund. The only saving grace would be new acceptable sounds that didn't change after a couple of hours use.    Is the sound library really coming and when? How about posting the upcoming sounds somewhere as mp3 files so we can get some idea of what they are. I'm almost at the point of putting these up on eBay to try to recoup some of the $$ I spent. This was not an inexpensive purchase and right now I feel like I wasted $250.  ... View more

I really wanted to love this product. But I feel that I have wasted $250. First set of buds had problem where left bud turned to static during the night using Cascade. Replacement buds turn to harsh ugly brown noise in left ear after a  few hours. I sent the following email to support, and have yet to receive a response (did get a read receipt on it so I know they have it).    "RE: Order N052839891   I am having issues with the replacement buds.   After a few hours, using the replacement buds, the sound in the left earbud changes to an annoying noise or a different kind of plain brown noise sound when I use the Cascade sound. If I pause and restart the sound, it is immediately back to normal again for a few hours. I don’t like the other available sounds and really want Cascade to work properly. I sleep on my back so it isn’t pressure on the bud or the pillow. Over the past few weeks I have tried different volume levels with Cascade, with no change in behavior. I really want the Cascade sound to play constant through the entire night. I do not use alarms. I am using an iPhone 7 with the latest released iOS. I have the latest 1.54 app and the latest firmware in both the charger and the buds. I have tried resets twice.   Please advise next steps."   It is well past the time that I can return to Best Buy. The product does not work for me. First Bose product I've had over the years that has been so poor. Please don't tell me to phone support and wait on hold. They should have responded to my email.      ... View more

I've been reading the Indiegogo site as Bose is responding there to questions that also impact production. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bose-noise-masking-sleepbuds-sold-out-sleep#/updates/all - on July 27, Liz from Bose posted " but we’ll soon be releasing new features that will require the new hardware – most importantly, the sound library (woohoo!)." - Can we get an ETA and some idea of how this will work?  ... View more

Cascade is the only usable sound for me. I'd love a GENTLE Rain sound, as the Shower is too intense (not a volume thing). Swell keeps me awake, something about the rhythm, Altitude is terrible, Cascade is almost ok, too strong (this isn't a volume thing). Circulate "competes" with the fan in my bedroom. Downstream is too intense like the others, Warm Static is too weird. Have not tried Rustle as I've never liked the sound of rustling leaves. Tranquility keeps me awake. Campfire, have not tried, never thought the sound of a real campfire was pleasing.    Would love to have other sounds to swap in. Any guestimate on when there might be other choices? ... View more

My expectations were that since the sounds are stored IN the hardware that taking the buds out of the case would turn on the sounds once you had selected the sound and volume level on your iPhone. It appears that this is not the case and that the app has to be used to START the sound and that the app needs to be running in the background.   It would be good to be able to not have this requirement. So if I had "all night" selected, taking out of the case would immediately start an 8 hour playback at the last volume selected, using the last sound clip selected. Similarly if I had 6 hours selected, it would auto start a 6 hour session. Not sure how alarms would work with this as I don't know if this is stored in the buds or only in the app.     ... View more