Still, it depends a lot on your volume level, but at a moderate volume level, it easily met the 12-hour battery life claim.Ĭharging the speaker with the original cable takes approximately 4 hours. Battery-Life?īose promises us 12 hours of battery life with the Flex. It sure does fill the whole room with sounds, and on top of that, there’s no distortion at all, so you can hear everything clearly and in good sound quality, something you would expect from a Bose Bluetooth speaker. Overall, the sound quality is crisp and clear. But yeah, the bass is simply too small to create rumble effects, something that is common to all portable Bluetooth speakers. It has a rich, punchy deep bass bass with a focus on the lows and mids. The Soundlink flexes on other speakers with the great bass Bose is known for (pun intended). However, I’m not sure why Bose refuses to disclose frequency range information. This is a mono speaker and beneath the powder coated steel grille, you will find a full-range, 60mm transducer that delivers the audio and a dual-passive radiator that helps with the bass enhancement. You can pair it with up to eight other speakers. The Bose Connect App, which is available both for Android and iOS, lets you access a bunch of features for the speaker, such as enabling, disabling voice prompts, and adjusting the auto-off timer, and also the Party Mode feature, which lets you pair the Flex with other speakers. It would have been a great experience to tune the songs to your own liking, but yeah. Sadly, there’s no user-adjustable EQ on this Bose SoundLink Flex but there sure is stereo pair/stereo mode.įor some reason, Bose has shown us that it is not interested in providing adjustable EQ. No problem, the flex will tune the audio output accordingly to the position. This bose speaker can detect which way it is oriented, standing or hanging. The feature that sets Bose SoundLink Flex Bluetooth speaker apart from the competition and also from other bose Bluetooth speakers is the PositionIQ. The First Bluetooth Speaker to Know which Way it is Oriented. Wish it had a better Bluetooth version, nevertheless the fact that it charges through a USB c cable is more than enough, micro USB cables are so outdated. It also supports the SBC codec, but not AAC or AptX. The Flex is Bluetooth 4.2 compatible, which means it can handle high-quality wireless audio with plenty of room to spare. Buttons and ConnectivityĪt the top of the panel, it has a strip for controls that runs along the Flex’s length.įrom left to right, we have the power button, a minus button that lowers the volume, a central button that is multifunctional (you can pause the music, take calls, and more), a plus button to increase the volume, and the Bluetooth pairing button.Ī built-in microphone is also included for taking phone calls and activating the voice assistant on your smartphone. What’s more, it even floats on water, so you won’t have to dive and look for it, but don’t go overboard and try to swim with it since the audio quality falls short when it’s wet. That means the flex can be dropped into a body of water up to a meter deep for half an hour. The SoundLink flex is rated IP67 for water resistance and dust resistance too. With this being said, feel free to hand it over to your kids, even if they take it swimming. Overall, it is one tough boy that won’t mind tossing or slamming it around. It feels soft and nice to touch while giving us a good grip on the speaker. The rest of the speaker is covered in a rubberized/silicone material. The front of the speaker is adorned with the Bose logo like most bose speakers, and the famous large Bose grill runs the length of the panel. Feel free to hang it on the wall while you are working or even in your backpack. On the right side, you will see a thick strap that can be hung on any surface. Not a mini Bluetooth speaker but pretty close to that. It measures 2.06 x 7.93 x 3.56 inches and weighs only 1.75 pounds. The Bose SoundLink Flex is currently available in 3 colors: Black, White Smoke, and Stone Blue. The First Bluetooth Speaker to Know which Way it is Oriented.The Introduction of the Bose SoundLink Flex Portable Bluetooth Speaker: Raised a Few Eyebrows.
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