Former Bose employees, who have taken over an old discontinued project, now have a solution for those looking for a good night’s sleep.

Recently, three ex-Bose employees; N.B. Patil, Charles Taylor, and Brian Mulcahey, formed Ozlo, and acquired the trademark for their new Sleepbuds from Bose.

The original project kicked off five years ago, when Bose brought out the first set of Sleepbuds, which didn’t play music and lacked active noise cancellation.

They were designed to sit comfortably inside the ear while sleeping, and produced masking sounds to minimise disturbances.

They were liked pretty quickly, but there were complications. The first gen pair was discontinued due to battery reliability issues, but that didn’t deter the company from trying again in 2020 with a redesigned pair.

After a few months, however the Sleepbuds II were killed off, with no reason disclosed.

Since then, companies including Anker have tried to produce something similar, which haven’t hit like the Sleepbuds did.

 

Now, Ozlo have revamped the Sleepbuds, with looking and feeling similar to previous versions, and have claimed they should deliver 10 hours of battery life for a good night’s sleep.

They also include “biometric sensing technology to monitor movement and respiration when asleep they have also delivered an app that monitors sleep stages.”

Patil said the company carefully reengineered the Sleepbuds with new batteries and other components, in an effort to avoid previous problems.

The charging case has also been improved and now includes sensors for light, sound, and temperature and intelligence on sleeping environments and lost sleep.

All information is stored on the mobile app for a morning breakdown of how well the user slept.

Data is not transmitted to the cloud, but users are able to choose to share their measurements with Apple Health or Android Health Connect.

The biggest upgrade is that the buds can now play music along with reimagined masking sounds, meaning users can load up whatever white noise sound they prefer.

The founders of Ozlo are aiming for a long buildout of software capabilities, possibly including personalised sleep therapy. There are also plans to introduce an API for Android and iOS.

Having already raised over $10 million USD in funding, Ozlo is expected to turn to Kickstarter in an effort to bring these Sleepbuds to consumers, for about the same price the original Bose versions were (approx. $379.00 AUD).