
It will also charge at 5V/2A/10W or less, but charge times can be longer. Charge time using any USB-C PD charger is about four hours – there is no fast charge. The battery is 3.6V/7.5A/27W, which is significantly larger than most BT speakers. PartyBoost is a great concept but is supersedes Part Connect that may upset some owners of older JBL speakers that cannot use it. These include Xtreme 3, Boombox 2, Pulse 4 and Flip 5. It also has JBL PartyBoost to join with up to 100 like-minded JBL speakers. It does not require a login, but it does need location data, Bluetooth access, and storage access (to play on-device audio). While you don’t need the app, it is handy to check for firmware updates.
#Jbl xtreme 2 vs jbl charge 4 portable#
JBL Portable app Android and iOS (formerly JBL Connect) Latency (BT 5.1 devices) is around 100ms, so you don’t get lip sync video issues. The BT signal is very strong – we could connect at 60m.
#Jbl xtreme 2 vs jbl charge 4 Pc#
It supports BT connections to two BT 5.1 devices – PC and phone. It comes in different colours – Pink, Teal, Blue, Forest Green and boring black! There is a dedicated PartyBoost button, so you don’t need the app. 98kg.Ĭontrols are power on/off, BT, +/- volume and fast forward. It sits in landscape mode – it is not a 360° speaker.



It’s a bit bolder than the Charge 4 with the new JBL orange and steel grey logo (on our black version), but otherwise, it’s a typical waterproof, rubberised fabric-covered cylinder with a little middle-age spread and a rubber base. the mid-40s) is short for James B Lansing (Yes, he was the Lansing in Altec Lansing.) Now it’s part of the Harman group of companies owned by Samsung.
