Where in the world would you take the Beats Pill first?

I love your point about the sound we hear, it’s always amazed me people making positive sound reviews from a recording 😂

I have a beats pill+ and still use mine regularly. It’s a great little speaker. I’m excited for this

wonderful review as usual! i wonder how this is compared to the Sonos Roam 2?

Still nobody comparing it not only to the + but the XL too. Imma do that review soon if i can

This sounds better than my B&O A1 2nd Gen, only thing I have on my apple devices is “Sound Check” ON and “Dolby Atmos” ON at all times and sounds amazing 🤩 no distortion at any volume with all sorts of music tested

Compare it to a JBL charge 5

I may look into getting one. I’ve been using the Pill+ plugged into my computer monitor for gaming, but it’s nice to have a refresh after so many years.

Another great review! I hope you review the BOSE SOUNDLINK MAX.

I had no idea they were bringing that thing back. Honestly, that’s nice. I wouldn’t buy it but it’s nice to know it’s been resurrected.

After listening to mine for a few days, I realized that there is just no high, mid, or low separation. Ive done demos for multiple people compared to the Bose Soundlink Flex and everyone says the Flex blows it away. The clarity is just not there and its soundstage is not wide at all on the Pill. I bought it to compare to the Bose....Im returning it. The music quality to me just doesnt sound natural. The bass on the Soundlink Flex is MUCH better too.

Just ordered one for the wife after my sons new puppy chewed through the cable of the Air pod mini, so disappointed with apple's mini pods and even the (old ) home pod, great sound, just never stay connected, could never trust them at a party, will try this Pill and if good get some more. Thanks for the great review.

Totally forgot about this, had the old red character too for it

Still rocking my Ol' Pill XL from time to time. Never took the time to send it back because of all the memories with it.

I have been using this speaker for the past couple of days now. I also have a JBL Xtreme 3 as a bigger alternative. If you are looking for something that is going to fit in your bag easily and take it on a holiday, that looks and feels nice and sounds decent; it think it is one of the best options. I like the integration of the find my too. It needs to have a sleep timer tho, it is kinda ridiculous. As long as a phone is connected to it, it does't turn itself off. So if that can get fixed, this will be a brilliant speaker.

Bought the champagne colour after watching your vid. Sub'ed too! Cheers.

Mark! Thank you very much!

Just bought the Bose sound flex speaker, very similar specs and sounds amazing.

Great review pal, makes me want one but I don’t think I would use it

Does it have an Aux input port, I was hoping to use it with my MPC Live 1?

You took the red pill

Just ordered mine, for fyi Amazon are selling it for £120 instead of 150, well worth it at that price

5:15 that's what she said.

Thinking abt getting one for music in the shower 😂

Someone needs to do a blind sound test between this and rival models from JBL, Soundcore, Tribit, etc. Seems like this new Pill is average sounding but apple fanboyism in reviewers is making excuses for it.

How does it compare to Bose sound link flex

Sweet...if not this, what else should I look at for the money?

Does this compete with the Charge 5 or the Flip 6? It looks like it might be somewhere in between. I have the Charge 5 and I am pretty happy with the sound however the rest of the device is a bit disappointing. It is supposed to be able to connect to two devices at once but EVERY time I have tried it the sound just become crackly so I have to disconnect one of the devices. Also even when just one device is connected, it will sometimes crackle/skip even when the phone is close by and in line of sight. The buttons are also dumb like what if my phone is in another room and I turn on the JBL, it connects to my phone and my GF's phone and when I hit play, my GF's music starts playing. I want to change the input device to my phone but there's no way to do this from the JBL. I also have a Bose Soundlink Flex and although I prefer the sound of the JBL, the Bose is WAY smarter and blows the JBL out of the water. It can connect to two devices with no issues at all. You can easily switch between devices with a double click of the Bluetooth button and it will even tell you which devices are connected etc. It's hands down a smarter device. I shouldn't be shocked that the JBL is dumb, it's made by Samsung after all.

I use the new tribit x sound plus 2, and I think it easily beats the beats. It is cheaper at 70 dollars, with superb sound quality of 30watts. Plus it gives cover protection for the usb c and the 3.5mm aux port, Unlike the beats here has an open usb c port and No aux port.. I also have the jbl charge 3 and that is also great but I prefer the tribit with new features at a lower cost and greater louder cleaner sound.

Bose SLF still kills with the dual passive radiators! Active woofers don’t make sense in such a small device.

So I've been using them wrong as a suppository the whole time?

How did you get the orange? Where can I find the orange one? Apple lists it in champagne, black and red

I’ve had the beats pill+ since launch and this year is the first year I’ve had issues with it after 100s of drops and thousands of charges and power ons&off and the only issue I’ve had is the silicone or rubber covering the power button has ripped off, or more of it started to dry-rot. Put tape over it though and it’s still getting used.

I wish it had airplay in it

Why do I hear Jony Ive’s voice in this video? 😅

5:15 😏

All the manufacturers are basically copying JBL these days with their speakers’ driver layout. JBL was the first to use the racetrack driver in their speakers, and added the tweeter in their charge 5 and flip 6. Sony recently used a similar design in the ULT Field 1, and now it looks like Apple have re-released the Beats Pill speaker with the same design. It’s a good design in my opinion, and a good move for the Beats speaker that has up until now struggled to compete. Sure, they’re all Mono now, but stereo doesn’t really make a difference in a speaker this small.

I wonder is you can use usbc to aux adapter?

Good Newcleus sample 😮

does it support airplay 2?

I only find hearing the device on KZfaq to be useful if another device in the same category that I am familiar with is also featured. So I wouldn’t be someone who would tell you off in the comments lol.

Song name?

I wouldn't pay £150 for a monophonic sounding speaker! The beats pill+ was stereophonic

Can you skip a track using the buttons on it?

Look at me red.

0:37 📱💻

Wow! At £150 it needs to sound *really* good. I recently got a £17 speaker from Amazon and have been surprised by how good it is. I find it hard to believe the Beats Pill is 9 x better.

First!

That ridiculous Customize chip instead of the h chip is incredibly annoying. How do you supply better assistants to android instead of Apple?

Thumbed down because you couldn’t compare to anything?

Doggy! 3:15

Looks like a pride month artifact.

Yuck, overpriced crap that will not compete today. Bose soundlink flex is the one to beat, the most amazing sound for a small Bluetooth speaker.

MONO garbage

You talk to much