JBL Playlist

By Jon Porter

JBL is a company that has an exhausting number of Bluetooth speakers on the market, and these bright and colorful rugged speakers have become outdoor music staples.

But the JBL Playlist is something a little different. Instead of being a portable battery-powered speaker, this is one meant for the home that you’re going to need to keep plugged in at all times.

The reason for this change is that this isn’t a Bluetooth-only speaker. Instead it’s equipped with a couple of different Wi-Fi streaming technologies, namely Google Cast and Spotify Connect, that make the speaker more similar to a Sonos-style multi-room setup than anything we’d expect to see from JBL.

For the most part the functionality is solidly implemented, resulting in a speaker that’s enormously versatile. By integrating into these well-established ecosystems, JBL has ensured that you get all the functionality you’d expect from a multi-room system without having to build its own dedicated app and services.

The only potential downside is that the Playlist still absolutely has JBL’s signature sound which, while completely at home in a rugged Bluetooth speaker, some users might feel is out of place in a home speaker.

Design and features

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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac