great review , thanks i got one yesterday at costco missed the sale had to have it ,so searching for the best reviews , i found yours and it was the best thanks and happy 2024

WiFi brings better quality playback. It also gives you a more solid connection when using it at your house where you do have WiFi for things like your deck, yard, patio, etc.

I work as a hpe teacher, and it Is awesome. For fitness testing, to playing music during training, and taking it home going camping, it’s ability to throw sound over an open environment is awesome. If you want an outdoor speaker this is the one to go with🤙🏼

Thank you for the review! Do you know if there's an update for the party boost feature? I've heard its accessible from the app?

great review 👍👍

I have the bb3 and an older flip5. Party one app and it’s damn fine for portable listening! If I collected more products, I’d link them all!

its good for a second speaker in party boost but its to soft or to loud for a background speaker the first should be a midrange jbl then if the party gets bigger this is an option

Brand new 2 U...Big UP for all the confidence! I'm a Blue tooth Mac'addict; I have 2 Boombox 2s...I'm happy with all the f response but still wanting more subB- xpecially when outside working in the medical garden...so, would you mind sharing any frequency response losses using Blue tooth you might know about with these JBL products, if any; ThAnKz man! PS: Oh, one other thing: Boombox 3 can be paired...yeh! spread that subB around a bit more, but paired with ??? hard-wired between?...?...? Currently I can't pair (simultaneous output to) from either iPhone to both Bombox 2s...seeing how the BB2s are stereo, could having 2 BB2s give me quadraphonic!? YOW

2:50 that’s because Jbl solves the issue of connecting portable speakers to party boxes but now you can do that As I have bb3 Wi-Fi and party box ultimate ❤ and we can play them together, actually one ☝🏻 more charge 5 Wi-Fi is also compatible with Wi-Fi. Trust me dude you need to figure out some settings in Jbl one application. This is the dream come true just thanks 🙏 Jbl to do this as now we can Pari party boxes and portable speakers 🔊 together. By the way congratulations for your bread new Jbl bb3 Wi-Fi 😊🎉

Why Wi-Fi over Bluetooth : 1) lossless sound compare to worse more compressed sound over bluetooth 2) Ghz of wi.fi goes further way than the 10 meters of the Mhz of the Bluetooth connection 3) wifi has multi-room capability, bluetooth mostly disconnects over short distances and obstacles

I just bought this product at Costco for $399, it went on sale there on Dec 3rd. In November their price was $499. So definitely shop this, I've seen an asking price for this wi-fi version as high as $650. I see great value for this at the $399 price point.

beautiful review, A complete SWOT analysis. 2 Encores is a good idea instead of this.

The encore has a port and gives you deeper subbass like a home powered subwoofer with tweeters on it. The boombox 3 has sealed subs which give tighter and punchier bass. Also the boombox has boosted mids which I personally can’t stand but it helps the sound carry outside and in like loud environments. Makes it shouty kinda vs the encore. Pretty much the encore for indoor the boombox for on the go or camping or by the pool or bball court or something.

At Costco for $350! Got two and both playing together using AirPlay with no issues. Sounds fantastic!

How do you turn it off ?

Is it worth buying for $350? Does it sound thin outdoors?

I have yet to see one of the boombox 3’s last more than a week or 2. When JBL figures out quality control it might be an ok speaker. It does sound really nice while it works if you use the equalizer. Also I feel advertising a battery to last “up to” 24 hours that only works for an hour or two max on full volume is deceptive.

This means I can not connect it to my JBL xtreme 3

Does it have real monster bass

If I teach a zumba class indoors room fir 30 people what would be a good sounding speeaker....that is not distorted and can hear all the beats

I don’t understand how you can review speakers and not know what hi res wifi audio is (or airplay) and how it’s so much better sound quality than Bluetooth. Plenty of people like listening to music in their backyard over WiFi in high resolution, using an app like Tidal, Apple Music, or Amazon music hd

Wi-Fi has greater bandwidth so you have more accurate music produced where you lose significantly more quality with Bluetooth

“Doesn’t link with anything”. Ever heard of AirPlay 2?

How can you review a WiFi speaker without mentioning Bandwidth? I’m surprised, yet not.

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maybe the product received so much hype that people don't want to accept your criticisms

I just wasted my hard-earned money on JBL Boombox 3 WiFi. I don't recommend it for those who love bass. Go for JBL Stage 320 instead.

So many pointless complaints from a guy who dont know what hes talking about contradicts himself every minute and doesnt look into things before making videos you can link it to any jbl speaker using the app atmos is what throws the music at you far away so there is a " benefit " to it and streaming music off wifi provides better sound quality stability and battery life cuz bluetooth uses more power.. again doesnt know what hes talking about 😂

Too whiney.