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JBL has announced caller versions of 2 of its celebrated Bluetooth speakers. The JBL Flip 7 features a much rugged design, an upgraded tweeter, and 2 other hours of playtime, while the JBL Charge 6 gets an upgraded woofer and 4 much hours of artillery life. Both speakers besides characteristic JBL’s AI Sound Boost technology, which the company says tin boost volume without introducing distortion.
The JBL Flip 7 is disposable for preorder now done the company’s online shop for $149.95. The JBL Charge 6 is much expensive astatine $199.95. Both are expected to vessel starting connected April 4th.
The AI Sound Boost exertion isn’t new, but it’s the first clip it’s being introduced connected JBL’s Flip and Charge lines. The characteristic “analyzes audio successful existent clip pinch an AI algorithm to optimize the acoustic output level, starring to much powerful and little distorted sound,” according to the company. Distortion is simply a communal broadside effect erstwhile maxing retired the measurement connected galore portable Bluetooth speakers designed to beryllium mini and compact, but we haven’t tested really effective JBL’s solution to the problem is.
The JBL Flip 6 offered up to 12 hours of artillery life connected a afloat charge, but the caller Flip 7 pushes that to 14 hours. JBL says that tin beryllium further extended to up to 16 hours utilizing its Playtime Boost feature, but according to SoundGuys.com, that action is fundamentally an EQ preset that reduces little bass frequencies and wide sound value truthful the speaker doesn’t person to activity truthful hard. The characteristic is besides offered connected the caller Charge 6 which offers up to 24 hours of playtime now connected a afloat charge, aliases up to 28 if you don’t mind losing a batch of the low-end frequencies.
The JBL Flip 7 besides features an upgraded IP68 waterproof and dustproof rating, an interchangeable carrying strap aliases carabiner attachment, multi-speaker connectivity utilizing Bluetooth Auracast, and high-resolution lossless audio erstwhile connected to a instrumentality and supported work pinch a USB-C cable.
The JBL Charge 6 features the aforesaid waterproofing, dustproofing, and wireless connectivity, including high-res lossless audio erstwhile utilizing a USB-C cablegram alternatively of Bluetooth. It includes a removable carrying strap that tin beryllium attached to 1 extremity of the speaker for illustration a wrist strap, aliases beryllium connected to some ends truthful it tin beryllium utilized arsenic a carrying handle.