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Ue blast vs ue boom 212/7/2023 It also gets quite loud but sound quality suffers as it gets louder, sounding brittle and harsh. The speaker sounds great across a variety of genres with a nice, slightly warm tonal balance and it produces a good amount of bass for the speaker of its size. While we were also disappointed by the UE Blast’s smartspeaker features, it remains one of the best portable Bluetooth speakers you can buy. It was a stark difference using our Google Home Mini and especially the Apple HomePod, which is great at picking up our commands, even when music is playing at full blast. We found ourselves shouting at the speaker constantly for it to pick up our commands. Voice sensitivity is good if you’re in a quiet environment with music playing softly but once you turn up the tunes or are outside, the UE Blast does a poor job picking up voice commands. Amazon says it plans to support other streaming services in the future but there’s currently no timeline. There’s support for Pandora, iHeartRadio, and a few other services but it’s disappointing that there’s no voice support for all the major music streaming services. But if you use Apple Music, Google Play Music, or Spotify, you’re limited to streaming your music over Bluetooth instead of using voice. If you live in Amazon’s world and subscribe to Amazon Music, Alexa is great. Let’s talk about the headline feature of the UE Blast first: Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is onboard and you’ll either love or hate it. While we enjoyed having the Power Up dock around the house, we really felt UE should include the dock with the UE Blast, or at least make it more affordable as it’s necessary in order to use the Blast as a smartspeaker in the home. Thankfully, you’ll never have to do this if you buy the optional Power Up dock for $40 (£35, about AU$65) as you can simply place the speaker on the dock to charge. It’s a little cumbersome to unscrew the loop every time you have to charge the speaker. It’s disappointing that Ultimate Ears didn’t include USB-C as most phones and laptops these days use the port. On the bottom of the speaker you’ll find a screwdown loop that holds down the cover which hides the microUSB charging port. Disappointingly, though, there are no playback buttons so you’ll have to either use Alexa to control playback or your phone if you’re streaming music via Bluetooth. On top of the speaker you have a power and pairing button with a nice white indicator light while on the front of speaker you'll find big volume buttons. If you're keen to match your portable speaker to your camping gear, the Blast comes in white, black, merlot and blue. UE kept the cloth exterior that’s now iconic among its line of portable waterproof speakers. The two speakers look nearly identical with the UE Blast sporting a more cylindrical shape with sharp lines. This also means that you can leave it out in the rain without the worry that you've just flushed 200 bucks down the drain.The design of the UE Blast is a major refinement over the UE Boom 2. Improving over the IPX4 rating of the UE Boom, which couldn't safely handle more than a splash or two, the IPX7-equipped UE Boom 2 can be submerged in water up to a meter deep for 30 minutes before you run the risk of leakage. The icing on the cake, and the feature that could tempt owners of the original the most, is the waterproofing. I found that this speaker can pick up multiple voices speaking at low to medium volumes without any trouble. You can pick up and hang up calls by giving the Bluetooth pairing button a press. In addition to kicking out the jams, the UE Boom 2 also makes for a competent speakerphone. This might seem like a superfluous addition, but this extra level of control was sorely missing from the original model. You can also tap twice to skip songs or three times to go backwards. Just like the remote you find embedded in most headphone cables these days, the UE Boom 2 mimics this familiarized input. Through the app, you can activate them, which allows you to change the song by simply picking up the speaker and tapping it.
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