Beats by Dre (Apple) - Beats Pill (2024)

Listen if you want premium build quality and good quality sound then go for Beats Pill 2024 or Bose Flex 2nd gen. If you want loudness and rugged speaker that you can rough use a lot, go for Ultimate Ears Boom4 or Sony Ult1 or JBL Flip6. Please don’t go for Chinese brands because they don’t last long.

I have the B&O A1 (Gen.2) and love it for travel. It replaced my Flex 2 (pair) for music on the go and white noise. Yes, a bit pricey (I just bought another one on sale at Woot for $150), but it sounds amazing, clear, and detailed...in a small package. Not the loudest speaker out there, but I don't listen past 50-60% volume most of the time. That said, I think you'd be very happy with a Bose Flex 2 or Max. I absolutely love mine and think they sound superior to my Sonos Roam 2. I also have a pair of Beats Pills (2024), and they're damned good as well. But as single units, I'd put the Flex 2 first, Beats Pill 2nd, and everything else their size (like a JBL Charge 5) after nothing of them. What's your budget?

Since your father already has an iPhone and is part of the Apple ecosystem, I recommend a Beats Pill (available in red, making it easy to find). It is super simple to connect to an iPhone, stays connected, and sounds good. The Beats Pill speaker is extremely easy to pair and use...

Agreed. I have red and champagne, and use them for work calls, but they’re damned good paired. I just turn them on, and BAM! Connected.

Yes, the 2024 Beats Pill can connect to your phone via USB-C for both charging and audio playback. 

I have a pair, and like them a lot. I saw the Gray Kardashian model on Woot for $50, though…and I’d buy two of those in a heartbeat. They’re good…don’t let the naysayers get to you.

Word up. The mods here are known to be…”relaxed” but they sure do seem to play favorites. I have red and champagne versions of these, paired, and got them new for $79. Hell, for 2x, they’re still decent speakers for the money. Note: I’ve got Sonos, Bose, Apple, Dali, Bowers & Wilkins, Bang & Olufsen, Harmon Kardon and more (Tribit, Brane, Sony, etc) in my collection. It’s not like I don’t know “good sound.” The Beats Pills are terrific for what they are.

Harman Kardon Luna, Apple Beats Pill 2024, Bose Flex 2 Gen ? By pair to have stereo (Yes, more money 😬), I ranked them by preference. I use daily (at low volume with a nice 'kick' if you know what I mean) 2 Pill + 2 Luna, paired all together 😍 The Pill can go lower (56 Hz) while the Luna only 60 Hz and it show in rendition but the Luna's are wider in soundstage. The bass are worse on Bose Flex 2 Gen since it can't go lower than \~64Hz while only going up to 18kHz, the other 2 are up until 20 kHz. If affect the rendition and when compared ear by ear, it's 'hearable' ? Yet if you don't compare them, they all sound more than okay. I couldn't just do it with a mono sound, 2 paired placed strategically render way much than just one speaker, even bigger. And while some HK Go+Play 3 seems nice, it only offer SBC for example, in 2025 HK should offer AAC or even LDAC. At low volume it wouldn't be so pleasant I think, I only have a Onyx Studio in this 'range' to compare. What is the budget / are from if I can ask? Perhaps the genre listened too, or if it varies much like me 😬

The Luna can be found on Amazon for about €112 ATM, that's a fair price considering the 179 originally asked. There is some con though, only down to 60 Hz as mentionned and also only SBC, no app support meaning no EQ except if you use one before sending the sound. No jack either nor USB C Audio, which the Beats Pill provide and is a nice feature to have. The HK Luna in the US offer the USB Audio btw, same on others models, JBL said it was due to some licences. Great in Europe to have same price and limited features 😭 I found the Pill for €100 when in sales a few weeks back, but that's an indoor speaker given the grille, one drop and it's dented haha. Don't get me wrong, they both sound great; but I prefer them in pair since most speaker are mono and not stereo from the start, the sound will sound 'tiny'. As for the [Earfun](https://www.myearfun.com/speakers/earfun-uboom-l-portable-waterproof-bluetooth-speakers-black) mentionned by someone esle, I was hesitant too because of the low price on the site, way cheaper than Amazon and for 2 it'll be only €80. Since the return isn't free like on Amazon and since I couldn't find the range, asked Perplexity and found [Rtings](https://www.rtings.com/speaker/reviews/earfun/uboom-l) which resume by : >The EarFun UBOOM® L Bluetooth speaker has a tested frequency response range of approximately 74.4Hz (low-frequency extension) to 16.3kHz (high-frequency extension). This means it starts to roll off below 74Hz in the bass and doesn't reproduce the deepest sub-bass, while the treble extends up to about 16.3kHz.  So, in rendition, the low bass from EDM and some techno or dub step will sound dull on it. And given they can't seem to go higher than 16.3kHz, it'll lack a bit in that area. Hence why I didn't purchased, there is some video on youtube comparing one vs a Denon Envaya which was way better in rendition, it can be heard :) In that price range, you might consider Xiaomi ASM02 (€60 on Amazon, 360° 40W and app support) but a little bit too much emphasized on the high/treble, there is also the Xiaomi Sound Outdoor (nop app support/EQ) which is about €40 each, mono sound of 30W but less treble, more boomy, kinda a JBL Flip 6 and sometimes better imho (I have 2 along with one 40W 🤭) I don't plan to spend more than €100 on a bluetooth speaker that are SBC only and/or without any battery swappable capability. When the battery is dead, so is the speaker, kinda if it's not easily remplacable :)

I did some comparisons to Bowers and Wilkins and HomePod mini: Beats Pill https://youtu.be/tzR9vqvTYWk?si=uDBk-ejRNLgIzoUN Bowers and Wilkins T7 - https://youtu.be/QnPJ4pyG3o8?si=VP3_tWEFKZg2GcJk HomePod Mini - https://youtu.be/pbUHRS40k0k?si=OZ4cZciNoH-zuvlW Bowers and Wilkins A5 - https://youtu.be/OVTljhq-lBQ?si=I7k87Ss3gXpE0MEo

I think the Beat haters are thinking about the old speaker that kind of sucked. Even Alan Ross sort of liked the new one. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gKBTPVJUmw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gKBTPVJUmw) It is about 1/2 the weight of my soundcore motion plus and looks like smaller version of it. @ $50 it is a great option if you want a JBL flip sized speaker. Earfun Uboom L is main the competition in this $ range imo.

Beats pill 2024 model I bought off eBay for $40 and it’s loud also JBL go 4 great speaker it’s waterproof also really fun to listen to music on it because it has bass which you can control on app

I have the newest version, I don't care for it. The Tribit comparable model (can't keep track of their names) is much better.

While it’s true that beats doesn’t have an app, they’re like the only speaker that works with iPhone’s built in equalizer so it’s the same if not better than having an app.