My Bosch induction cooktop is installed over a wall oven (Fagor). That said, there were no induction slide-in ranges when I did my kitchen or I would have gone that route.

Here's an old thread that might be helpful: Old Thread

I'm in a similar situation, leaning toward the GE at this point after hearing a few things about noise with Bosch

Y'know those threads that talk about the control of induction being better than gas? That's for induction with minimum 17 power levels (1-9, plus half stops). Ten is inadequate and will have you ticking up and down constantly when what you want is in between. I think maybe a lot of the ranges have ten, though. I'd go back to the separate units, if that's the alternative.

Some units do make noise, both with the fan and with the sound of the inductors cycling, but it shouldn't be loud. The most bothersome noise usually comes from cheap, clad pans, followed by expensive clad pans. There's something about the different layers heating differently that causes the whining, or something like that.

If the budget will allow you might consider the new Miele cooktops. They tick off all of your requirements I believe. I was able to play around on the KM 6365 at their Design Experience Center on Friday and liked it quite a bit.

There are 17 power levels available, direct access to each hob control which I want, twin boost levels, hob timers, a play/pause function, it recognized and heated the 5.5" pot I brought with me on the largest hob so I assume it would would on all of them.

We heated up a large pot of water and I couldn't hear anything on boost (but it was showroom environment) even though you could feel the pot vibrating if you touched it. It was a Demeyere Atlantis pot which probably didn't hurt either. My guess is in the home you would probably hear a little something although not loud. I couldn't hear any fans but again in a showroom environment it is tough to tell.

I forgot to say, if you want to see the features, go to the maker's website and download the manual. They all have them in PDF format so you can read through how it works, rather than relying on advertising bullet points.

That's for induction with minimum 17 power levels (1-9, plus half stops). Ten is inadequate and will have you ticking up and down constantly when what you want is in between. I think maybe a lot of the ranges have ten, though. I'd go back to the separate units, if that's the alternative.

The Bosch has 19.

Jim1405 - what is "twin boost"? Other than that, my Bosch has all the features you mentioned.

On the Miele cooktops, the large burners mainly have twin boosters. The smaller burners have a single booster. The single boosters, steal power from the paired burner but don't deactivate them. The twin booster prevents the paired burner from functioning. I am not sure how this works with the newer models with bridged burners. For my 30" cooktop, the first boost takes the large burner from 2500W to 3100W. The twin booster takes the burners to 3850W.

Thanks, Cpartist. I was responding to the OP's list of desirable features. Good to know that the Bosch range has good power levels.