Soundcore Motion+ Bluetooth Speaker with Hi-Res 30W Audio (Open Box)

This is such a beautiful speaker that sounds really amazing; especially for it's size!!! I haven't updated the firmware on any of the 3 Motion Pluses that I bought or downloaded the app yet; so my review is what I think of them straight out of the box. Anyway, when I first spotted these things on Amazon, I just knew that I had to have one (and then 2 more after I got 1 of them). Pros: 1) Really really great sound out of these things even with the BassUp feature "OFF". 2) For larger rooms turning "ON" the BassUp features helps just enough with the bass in larger rooms without bogging down the sound. 3) Tight punchy bass with or without the BassUp feature "ON". 4) Mids & highs sound fantastic, very clear with great instrument separation. 5) Pairing 2 speakers together makes these sound even better for increased stereo separation and fullness of sound—and the BassUp feature isn't needed as much when using 2 speakers. 6) Beautiful design, it's the best looking speaker that Anker has made to date, in my opinion. 7) IPX7 rated...so it's completely waterproof. 8) USB-C charging and cable (I think that the first charging time on one of mine was about 3.5 hours but charge faster with a better socket adapter, or so I hear). 9) Still has an 3.5mm stereo auxiliary jack and supplied cable. 10) Battery level indicator shows up on my iPod even without Soundcore Motion application installed. 11) Decent battery life (12 hours) however, one of mine, so far (haven't tested the others yet), has exceeded the 12 hour mark. I listen to it just below half volume and this is usually enough volume for me. 12) This speaker sounds better and is louder than the Soundcore Pro (the most comparable equivalent to this speaker). 13) You can turn the BassUp feature "ON" and "OFF" with this Motion Plus speaker but you can't do that with the Soundcore Pro. 14) There is an application download for this speaker that I hear has some nice features on it but you can still pair it up with another speaker to get a right & left channel stereo paring without the app.—totally unlike the JBL flip 4s and JBLs which require their app to get their pair speakers out of "Party Mode". 15) It's a little wider physically than the Soundcore Pro and the Boost so the stereo separation is still a little better than other models, even without having to pair it to another speaker, POTENTIAL cons but ONLY if these things are important to you (they are usually NOT a problem for me): 1) Although, it has good battery life the Soundcore Pro (another Anker model) has an 8000 milliamp battery (18 hours of battery life) and this one is only a 6700 milliamp battery. It might have been nice to get a little bit of a bigger battery in the Motion but it's not that disappointing to me that we didn't. 2) The Soundcore Pro has a standard USB port so you can charge your phone from the speaker. (This is not important to me as I would rather just carry an extra Anker battery charging bank to charge my phone rather than use the speaker's battery.) 3) It doesn't have quite as much bass as the Soundcore Pro—if you're primarily into really heavy bass, which I am NOT. This is NOT a con for me personally because I think that the Motion Plus has the perfect amount of bass with or without the BassUp turned "ON". I found that I always needed to EQ down the bass on the Soundcore Pro to get it where I personally liked it. I don't have to do that with this speaker. 4) This speaker is larger or wider than the Soundcore Pro and the Boost; so if you're looking for something really small, this speaker might not be quite as easy to carry around as the Boost or Pro. (This is not a problem for me at all though; I actually like this feature a lot.) 5) No multi light battery indicator on the actual speaker itself—but the power button does start flashing red when batteries are getting low. (It would have been nice to have battery level lights on the speaker but I am still okay with it showing up just on the iPod and/or on the application.) 6) Has sizable quantized volume increases for every click of the volume button however, these increases are NOT nearly as bad as the larger jumps in volume on the Soundcore Pro. Only 3 of these potential cons represented any problem for me: * the battery play time * no battery level indicator lights on speaker * the sizable volume increases However, these issues still haven't seemed to have been that big of a deal so far because I get more than the expected battery time because the speaker is loud enough so I can just listen to it at lower volumes and get longer battery life that way. Also, I can track battery levels on my device and/or application so this isn't much of an issue with me. And as far as the sizable volume increase, I seem to be able to micro adjust them when using my finger along the slider (at least with the newer iPods and iPhones, older ones seem a bit more jumpy). Anyway, this is a really great speaker and I highly recommend it!!! NOTE: If you like your mids and highs scaled back some, then I would highly recommend the Soundcore Boost and if you really like a lot of bass with a dip in the mids, I would then recommend the Soundcore Pro. All 3 of these are good speakers though.

Like the heading says, I use this speaker for EVERYTHINGGGG!! lol! For example, when I'm home I use it as a surround sound speaker for my tv/movies. If I need more bass, I hook up my minirig subwoofer, via hard wire, and voila! Instant cinematic sound! I also use it for my DJ set up with records for scratching and mixing/listening, and thanks to it's ZERO LAG it works perfectly!! Then when I go out on my ebike for work, I put it in my little camera shoulder bag, where it fits PERFECTLY facing up, and I have INCREDIBLE sound for my entire ride, with barely 20 percent of the battery being drained due to it's also amazingly sized battery!! No it isn't quite as convenient as a strap or clip speaker like I have owned many in the past, but the sound quality and loudness really outweighs any of that! I also learned just yesterday that it actually works phenomenally as a handsfree speaker phone if i need to talk on my phone while riding without getting dangerous, so that was just another amazing little surprise that this tiny speaker is capable of. I must point out however, that it doesn't sound that great out of the box. Very important to know!! It needs to be tuned, but thanks to the soundcore app, it is actually very easy to do!! I included my personal tune that I created, which is a hybrid of a couple different youtubers I found on Youtube, and then I really fine tuned it with my records to make sure that everything would sound good (no, amazing) coming out of it. I posted pics of my tunes. This is with the latest firmware, and I tend to move the last two bass levels up and down depending on if I'm inside or outside. It also sounds quite different depending on your placement in a room, etc. due to it's passive subwoofers on the front and back. Speaking of which, they don't make speakers like this anymore!! It has a total of SIX speakers!!! TWO tweeters!! Yes I said tweeters!! Which really give it that extra special sparkle. They'r also stereo!! Who does this anymore??? Two drivers and TWO passive subwoofers!! The trick I learned with the passive subs, is that you really need to be aware of where you place the speaker to really take advantage of the passive subs. Meaning, put them near a wall, or even when I have the speaker in my bag, it helps to bring out the bass. Which if done right, is actually super impressive!! If I go up on the roof to smoke, I put it in a chair near one of the walls and WOW!! Super bass heavy!! It honestly doesn't take much. But if you just have it on a table by itself, not near anything at all, then the bass can only do so well. All due to the two passive subs and their placement. The great thing about that though, is that you can really bring out so much more of this speakers potential, just by experimenting! Really fun actually to hear it in different circumstances. I obviously can't say enough about this speaker, and in my opinion from experience with most of the best portable bluetooth speakers on the market (including the UE ROLL 2's the MINIRIG 2.1 and several JBL's and other random speakers) this is hands down, bar none the best portable bluetooth speaker on the market!! Especially for it's swiss army like versatility, as well as incredibly top notch (after you tune it) sound quality! I can't wait to get a second one to pair them in stereo!! I can only imagine how insane that will end up being

I had a UE Megaboom in my car for a good 6 years, but it finally died on me a few weeks ago. I don't have a working stereo in my car and my speakers are busted, so using a Bluetooth speaker is my best option. The Megaboom worked great, especially for the driver and passenger, though not so much for those in the back seat. Because of that, I decided to research other speakers, and after hundreds of reviews on dozens of speakers, I decided on the Soundcore Motion. I am so glad I did! This speaker is leagues above the Megaboom. It has rubber feet that keep it in place no matter how fast I drive or take a turn. It sits on my dashboard, right behind my phone holder, and I'm able to keep it permanently charging so it never dies on me. The sound this thing puts out is tremendous. The bass booms, but the lyrics also come through clearly and richly. I pair it with my Spotify and honestly don't even care that I don't have actual car speakers or radio. This thing fills the car with sound, driver, passenger, and back seats. When I park and get out to run into a store, I can still hear it playing through closed windows until I enter the store. Speaking of distance, the Bluetooth remains connected when I leave it on and run into Wawa or a bodega. This thing is fire. I highly recommend picking one up if you're looking for a Bluetooth speaker. Hell, even if you have a Bluetooth speaker already, think about upgrading to this monster, especially given the price point.

5 Year edit: It's now 2025 and the Motion+ is STILL my favorite speaker overall. I now have a much larger speaker for the garage gym to really move the bass, but only because we bought that for an outdoor event. The Motion+ still looks and functions as it did on day 1. Sound is still excellent! It's main use now is indoor in my home office. One area that this speaker really excels in is sounding incredibly high end at lower volumes. Original Review: This is going to be long winded, but I'll likely answer a lot of your questions My intended purpose was to replace an aging Bose SoundLink Mini 1 that I was using for music in my garage gym. The SoundLink mini is an impressive speaker when it's size is taken into account. They provide a deep, full sound and produce great bass, but struggle when turned up much past 60% (at least mine does, but it is old). What I wanted was a speaker that could get louder while still producing a quality sound. I found that in the Motion+. When I first unboxed it, I noticed that it is heavy and has a very solid build. It is, however, it's not beautiful. The rubberized outside feels good and feels like quality and there are two rubber feet on the bottom to keep it in place. When first powered up you are greeted with the power up and pairing tones. They are honestly less annoying than others I have heard, though I know of no way to disable them. Pairing was VERY fast and straightforward and I can get a good distance away (I didn't measure though) without hiccups. It comes out of the box with Bass Up mode enabled. Listen... Bass Up mode sucks. It honestly should be called Treble Down mode. Yes it increases the bass, but not as much as you can in the custom EQ. I played a few songs in Bass Up mode just to see what I heard and as stated above, did NOT like it. I then played with the provided EQ settings in the app. I think if you are going to choose a canned EQ setting from the Soundcore app, the "heavy" one is decent. After that I played with the "custom" EQ settings and the speaker really started to come to life. Once you settle on an EQ setting you like, the SPEAKER retains those settings. So even if you pair it with a different device it will still play with your EQ settings. Now, I also have a built in EQ on my OnePlus 6T and decided to try that. First I turned off the custom EQ settings on the speaker (best way to do that is to hit the BassUp button on the speaker twice. Once turns on the BassUp profile and a second one turns BassUp off, reverting to "bassoff" mode). My OnePlus EQ has some "general enhancements" setting that I applied and I played with the sliders and it sounded pretty awesome. Then, I applied my custom Soundcore app's EQ on top of that and WOW! One EQ was awesome and two were even better. My next major test will be to try the speaker from different sources. I have access to a couple Samsung S9s, some android tablets, etc. I don't own any iPhones so I can't test that out. I'll update my review after doing more testing. I played with it for a few hours yesterday and even played it a bit in my car on the way to work this morning. I did find that the sound actually seemed to change slightly after playing a while. I don't know if speaker break-in is real or not, but I believe that the bass has become fuller and warmer after a few hours use. I'll update on this aspect as well. I am eclectic when it comes to music so I'll give a quick rundown of the types I've tried and what I thought. - Country music: I played several Chris Stapleton songs and I felt this showcased the speaker the absolute best. All the instrumentation came through warm and clear. - Heavy Metal: This is a WIDE genre and will likely be what is most often played on this speaker (it's for my gym, remember?). I found that "industrial metal" (Rammstein, NIN, etc.) needed a little massaging in the EQ to separate sounds better, but sounded great afterward. I ended up leaving these minor adjustments in place because they helped all the other music too. Atreyu, FFDP, Volbeat, etc all sounded powerful, loud and full. - Rap: Honestly, on day one I was ready to say that this speaker just sucks for beat driven hip hop music. However, after playing with the settings and letting it "break in" (if that's a thing) I was wrong. For example, I recently played "come and see me" by Ludacris which relies heavily on a bass line that varries from low, to really low with some thumps thrown in. I could hear all the deep frequencies, the slightly higher bass tones, and the periodic thumps moved my speaker. After that I threw on UGK's "Gravy" which also relies heavily on bass and it sounded fantastic. Now, how about that bass, since that's why most of you are here. This speaker is able to play really low frequencies, but it will NOT "hit you in your chest". You will hear all the bass, but you wont feel the bass... why? Because it's a freaking portable bluetooth speaker, not your home theater system, your bookshelf system, or your car stereo. If you want to FEEL the bass in your chest or whatever, you'll need to pony up for a speaker with enough size to resonate those sound waves. Doing so, you'll likely lose a lot in portability and whatnot. However, I have heard that the "w-king D8" is a good bass head speaker. Check out some YouTube reviews (or just order it, it's super cheap). Another thing to note is that the high frequencies are capable of getting louder than the low frequencies. As you crank this up, the bass will reach a point where there just isn't enough room inside the enclosure. People say you "lose bass" as you increase volume, but you don't, you just stop increasing bass at a certain point while the treble keeps on going. I've ran mine at somewhere near 90% volume and I can tell you that the drivers are still increasing their work, because the speaker basically starts having as seizure. It's just that there isn't any more space inside to resonate the waves. The reason, and the ONLY reason this isn't getting a full five stars from me is that my speaker farts. Yes... you read that right but only when cranked to uncomfortable levels and bass heavy music. There are a couple possible reasons for this. I could be asking for the passive radiators to do too much (I have two EQs, after all). It could just be the way it's designed (although I have read a TON of reviews on here and Reddit and never seen anyone mention this). Or my unit is defective somehow. Think about that last one though. If I DO have a defective unit, and my review is still this good, what does that tell you? I will reach out to Anker/Soundcore support just to ask some questions because their support is amazing. I've had other products from them and they provide the absolute best support I've ever received. To end (for now), this speaker really should be an automatic buy if you are looking for a portable BT speaker with high end sound under $100. If you are looking for "slap you in the lungs" bass, get something LARGER. I don't care what brand it is you can't get more real bass out of a package this size... physics is physics.

TL version: great sound with the companion app to balance the speakers EQ and take advantage of its balanced drivers. $100 is an absolute steal for the size (just short of the keys section of your keyboard) and sound with great dispersion, sound stage and bass impact [with the EQ tweeked] Excellent for a cheap sound bar solution as the voice clarity rivals my center channel speaker, absolutely shocking me tbh. First let me say i own an absurd amount of bluetooth speakers, everything from $20 pharmacy brands to the mega-sounding Aiwa Exos9. So when I saw anker get into the speaker game a few years back i figured it wouldn't be great - but not bad either. For the most part the soundcore line has been that, but has made considerable improvements over the years. some, like the soundcore 2 to 3 jump was not. the motion boom to motion boom +: Very much. I held off on the motion+ (this model) for a while and ended up getting it on prime day super cheap. While my wife wasn't happy to see another speaker sitting around... i sure am. Without seeming too full of myself, lets just say at 40 my hearing is well above that of a normal teenager let alone anyone my age. Because of this I've wedged my way into testing groups and other audio testing, my electrical engineering degree doesn't hurt either.. now on to the motion plus: its a unique size to be honest, its larger than what the price range would indicate, bigger than a bosemini for instance, smaller than an aiwa exos 3 but carries a price tag of $100-$120 USD which puts it into a questionable scenario based on suspicion alone. it has a weight that makes it feel well built, and a coating that to me says it doesnt. The coating is this rubberish coating that over time does wear out and become smooth (ala the soundcore 2 has), but its not a turn off. i don't expect an aluminum finish for these acoustics or price. The buttons are standard it seems on all soundcore speakers, up/down, bluetooth/tws, multi B button. this speaker also sports a Bass-UP button that i suggest you never use. it resets the EQ sound profiled to Bass-up and pressing the button again resets it to original. as features go, would be nice to see a scrolling EQ when this is pressed even if there is no visual aide to indicate where youre at. nitpicking folks, at its finest! Sound wise this thing shines. its frequency range is top to bottom for anyone to hear, and the soundstage disperses sound in leveled sweet spots from about 3 feet on a desk, about 12 feet out you start to loose the distinction but not the sound. this is above average for this sided speaker and i found myself using it more in situations where a smaller speaker wouldn't work. During my tests battery life was on par to what is listed as 12 hours, although like with all speakers the type and level of listening matters. I'm tempted to buy another and line them up next to my mid-sized go to pick, Aiwa's Exos 3... even though that device is larger slightly theres considerable comparisons. what might set the motion+ apart is its forward firing sub driver and open air port in the back, which puzzles me as to how it has a reflex port in the rear AND an ipx7 rating. you can bet im going to take this apart soon to find out... just as soon as i take a break from enjoying the sound of this thing during work. final conclusion is pretty straight forward, the negatives are few with the battery life being maybe, maybe a stretch the only down fall of this speaker. simply put, you will not find a speaker at one hundred dollars to replicate this sound. period. probably ever.

I absolutely love this speaker and this company. I wish more people knew about Anker, they're quality, and pricing. My friend has the JBL charge 5, and that thing is just a bass box, and this blows it away by far. In this class of speaker, it's better than Bose or any of the others and it's less expensive. Use the app, which is great, and use the custom settings which enriches the sound and takes it to another level. Problem with the speaker? One of the mid speakers started making a little rattling noise after using this speaker for almost a year and jamming out full blast. I contacted customer service, and 2 days later I had a brand new speaker in my hands (no need to bother returning the damaged device). I paired them together just to see what it sounds like with 2 in stereo, even though the speaker is already in stereo, when none of the other speakers in this class have that (JBL or Bose), and it's blown me away. Just do a quick Google search and you'll find that when you compare it to any of the other ones that cost twice as much, it's better in almost every category 💙💙💙 Thank you, Anker Soundcore production crew and customer service for this awesome product!!! Keep it up. Love you guys. Soundcore 2 is a great lil speaker if you're on the go. I own that and several of the ten foot charging cables. Every product you guys produce is top notch quality. Buy it!!! Don't think twice.

The Soundcore Motion+ is an elegant design with excellent ergonomics that elevates this speaker above & beyond. It feels substantial in your hand and well built. The volume controls located on the top of the speaker are perfectly centered between the bass drivers on either side, and the front passive radiator which allows for easy navigation. Technically, the Motion+ excels with an AKM DSP featuring active crossovers for its four amps, each with its own dedicated power supply, silk dome tweeters (which I believe are Scan-Speak design), bass drivers with large neodymium magnets coupled to two passive radiators and USB-C charging. It’s a brilliant design that is supremely executed. Hats off to the sound engineers that collaborated on this speaker! Once you’ve unboxed and charged your Motion+ you’ll want to update the firmware and set up the custom EQ. To do that you’ll have to download the app. To use Ankers Soundcore App, you’ll have to accept giving up a huge amount of personal data analytics, so I chose to install the app on a tablet. Just beware. The Soundcore Motion+ will save your custom eq setting, however, you’ll want to delete the Soundcore app and re download it to verify that the settings are correct. The app will lower the sliders if they’re in between whole dB’s. Once it’s dialed in, you shouldn’t have to open the Soundcore app again. You'll want to refrain from pushing the bass up button on the top left of the speaker, since that bumps you off your Custom eq setting. The only way to get back to your saved eq preset is from the Soundcore app. I set the 9 bands of equalization all below flat to give the digital amplifiers extra headroom, keeping any audible distortion at bay. See attached photo. Since this speaker isn’t a three way and audible distortion is most prevalent at 1kHz, I set that band to -5 dB. Next is the lower and higher mid ranges at 700 Hz and 5kHz which I set to -4dB. 500Hz and 8kHz are at -3dB while 300Hz and 12kHz are at -2dB. Lastly, keeping the bass strong, I’ve set 80 & 150Hz at -1dB. So how does it sound? It’s airy and open projecting a surprisingly effective stereo image thanks to its silk dome tweeters mounted at the outside corners and tilted at a 15* angle. It’s balanced and capable with all genres of music from EDM to jazz, reggae to heavy metal. Horns, piano and vocals are beautifully rendered by the tweeters, juxtaposed by the bass capabilities of this speakers dual passive radiators. On Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music under shared playlists is my favorite titled: Epic House-Dance Music 4 The Soul. Some stand out tracks from Epic House-Dance Music 4 The Soul that sound fantastic on the Motion+ are: “Angels (Feat. Nora Jones) Thievery Corporation Remix” Wax Poetic- Norah’s voice floats around the room, amazing stereo separation. “Lips Like Sugar (Way Out West Remix Edit)-Echo & The Bunnymen- Punchy drums combined with some killer bass lines and melodic synth combined with sexy lyrics and a memorable rhythm guitar, this track sounds great blasted all the way! “Radiation Ruling the Nation(Protection)- Massive Attack. Even at max the on purpose distortion in this track sounds so authoritative! “I Want You (John Morales M+M Main Mix)-Marvin Gaye. This 9:36 long Masterpiece, highlighted by bongos, piano and saxophone are easily distinguished in the mix, throw in Marvin’s amazing tone, and man is this song better than the original? I think so. An analog 3.5mm jack is provided for those times when Bluetooth is not an option, however sound quality is best when left in the digital domain given the Motion+’s DSP. Speaker placement is important for the Soundcore Motion+ to sound it’s best. A solid surface such as a granite counter top, placed near a back wall, or corner placement can help accentuate the low end punch of the Motion+. A helpful hint is to hover the speaker in whatever area you’ve chosen and place the speaker when the bass moves your hand the most. Placing the speaker just inches one way or another can have a dramatic effect! This speaker excels indoors in moderate sized rooms, and can sometimes struggle in larger rooms or when played outside. The Motion+ puts out some serious SPL’s for such a small device. Have The Motion+’s USB-C plugged into power along with using the speakers volume control not the source device when you’re seeking the loudest output. The longer I live with this speaker the more I appreciate it. It’s an attractive design that’s understated yet compelling. For example, the power button glows white while powered on and changes to a blinking red when the speaker is running out of juice. In this state it automatically plays at a reduced volume until plugged in. Once plugged in to a charger via the USB-C port, the Motion+ increases in volume and continues to play while charging. Nice touch! I purchased a second Motion+ and my observations are that something magical happens with this speaker between the 3rd and 4th charging cycle. Keep that in mind when listening to yours. Critical listening should happen after the Motion+ is played for 30+ hours. In regards to Bluetooth connectivity, I highly recommend having a dedicated music source other than your phone. That awesome playlist playing from your phone while your phone is blowing up? It’ll be paused by the speaker from all the notifications. I modded mine, see photo, by super glueing a convex item over the bass up button, ensuring my speaker will always sound good! :-) The Soundcore Motion+ is a technical marvel of inspired engineering. I am consistently blown away by its performance. Highly recommended!

UPDATE : 10/21/2020 Problem Solved. Anker/Soundcore has contacted me and they have resolved the problem for me. A great company and products. As long as there is a good customer service and they can guaranty their products, I can buy their products without worries. Thanks Anker UPDATE : 10/11/2020 I have been using this for few days. Initially, I have connected to my 3 devices. my laptop, amazon fire and my cell phone. supposedly, when I turn on soundcore, it should be automatically connect to the previous device. That it does. however, the main problem is that while playing, the music gets cut off, trying to connect to my other two devices. So basically, either I have to turn off my two other device bluetooth features or keep reconnecting the main device which is my laptop to listen to music. I have many other Anker/soundcore bluetooth speakers but none of them has this sort of problem, except this Motion + which is very strange to me. so, I have to return the product and lower the stars from 5 to 1 stars. other complain is the bass. I am not a bass head, but surprisingly it does lack a lot of bass compared to my previous speakers, Earfun. Mid and high are pretty good, but bass is still bit weak. lastly, battery life does not come close to what it advertises. about 30% less than what it advertises. bit of disappointment. =============================================== I always have been a big fan of Anker for many years. I believe that I have bought at least 50 products from them since five years ago. Before this purchase, I had Earfun bluetooth speakers. I bought two of them to use as stereo home system. They worked great and sounded even better.....for about two weeks and a half. then, one of them went kaputt. No power, no charging, just simply dead without any reason whatsoever. so, I had to look for another one. I always had my eyes on this Soundcore Motion + because of a lot of good reviews in youtube and I normally trust their quality and customer service. Fortunately, this one was on deal of the day at $69.99 So I picked it up right away. Just by the weight, it is heavy and I could tell that this has a lot of battery to play for a long time and it just felt good in my hand. Everything looked substantial and fit & finish was top notch. As for the sound quality, Yes, it is good. very refined high and clear mid/vocal along with decent bass. (but bit weak compared to mid/high) However, what made me to give 5 stars was the soundcore app. I was able to control the frequencies with my phone soundcore app. That was a huge point because not all music can be played at same frequency setting. However, I don't think that this motion + can produce 30 watts as advertised. it seems a lot low.....but it is okay. Loud enough. I know that it is the first day and normally I always am eager to put my review on Amazon. Just like the Earfun, perhaps in a week or two, it might go bad. If so, then I will update my review. But my initial impression is very impressive. Thanks Soundcore.

Don't fall for the label of "High-Res Audio" that many brands are putting on their speakers or headphones. At least Sony has grounds to say so kinda, as they support LDAC codec which is far better quality and resolution than even AptX. (LDAC 32bit/96kHz/990kbps vs AptX 16bit/48kHz/352kbps). And I don't think they mean High-Res for the AUX jack, as that audio is processed by the source DAC, not the speaker. This Anker does have AptX, but not the actual "High-Res" version AptX HD. (AptX has been around since BT early days btw. Since the very early 90's and AptX HD was out in 2009....and yet, u rarely see them on BT speakers despite their proven superior audio quality. I can get this speaker to connect to my Pixel 3 via AptX and it does sound surprisingly good for its size. It will only pair via SBC on my 2019 Nvidia Shield Pro. (SBC 16bit/44.1kHz/328kbps max) I tried a Sony SRS-XB32. That paired and used LDAC fine. However, it would have dropouts and pops every 30 sec or so. I have 2 sets of different Sony headphones, they use LDAC with no drop outs at all, but a Fiio BTR3 with LDAC that does cut out. I guess Shield is is picky. My main use for this speaker, is to replace a 10yr old Bose Soundlink 1 Bluetooth 2.0 speaker. I read this is a BT 5.0 speaker, and my 3 BT devices, the Shield, laptop and Pixel 3 are the same. I use this for my laptop(via Aux mostly) and recently my new Shield for late night TV watching when my large sound system is disruptive to my apartment neighbors or asleep roomates. Having 2 BT devices paired to this speaker at once(my laptop via BT and my Shield for example), when ever one devices makes a sound, the speaker will go silent for about 3 secs, then play the other source. It auto switching back to the other device it seems is harder for it as it pauses for much longer, 6 secs or so. Most of the time, i have to pause, or restart playback on the previous device to get sound to play. It is a little bit more gracefull when switching from the AUX source and the BT, but it still is a bit of a pause and fade in/out for a few secs. Best to mute or just disconnect the other source, to avoid your main source being interrupted constantly. The Bass Up default sound profile, is a tad muddy sounding, but had good sounding lows, for a speaker of this size. Turning it off, makes it sound too cheap and flat though. At least one can use the Smartphone app, (if you pair it to your phone) to use other profiles or a custom EQ. I am still playing with the EQ. Overall sound, i would say lacks some clarity and definition from the Bose Soundlink 1, but it has far better lows. Was hoping the "tweeters" this Anker has would be closest to the Bose, not quite it seems. (Bose does make very good products, but are overpriced. But i got the Soundlink speaker years ago at a Goodwill for $5...sooo....) Compare to the Sony SRS-XB32, which is a more expensive speaker, this Anker has better raw sound to me. Overall more clarity, definition, and more separation. Bass is tad deeper sounding up close, the Sony has a different design and seemed to output the deeper lows more front wise and could be heard better further away in that aspect. When using LDAC however, the Sony shines, despite the difference in no tweeters and different drivers. The Sony, however, only supports SBC and LDAC for some reason, so if i wanted to use my laptop via BT, it uses SBC. (The Sony also, if u have a AUX cable plugged in , it is locked to AUX mode, can't use BT unless you unplug cable...make it not usable for me.) Using the EQ in the Anker Sound core app, to make it more my taste, I really do like the sound this speaker produces, however, doing so, I can very much hear the poor quality and compression of SBC codec when playing music vids from my Emby Media Server from my Shield. Source audio files are FLAC or WAV. It really too bad this thing wont pair using AptX. Using my phone and AptX, it is much better sound. Laptop also will connect via AptX and sounds great too, but not as great as when using AUX of course, but, good enough that i may decide to ditch my Creative USB sound card that is eating up one of the 2 usb ports on the laptop. The USB C jack on this Anker is welcome, coming from a AC to DC adapter Barrel plug to charge. The top buttons are pretty much invisible on this thing. They blend in to much and are quite small, hard to find by feel alone as well. The power button on the side has a LED in it, so that is easy to find, but i would prefer power on the top along with the other buttons. Gotta give this speaker a bit more time to get adjusted to. It had a 15% off coupon sale when i purchased it here, so it makes it even more worth the lower cost than the Sony...but, it still is a disappointment for use as I mainly wanted with my Shield with AptX. EDIT: After a week of using this speaker, discovered some more quirks. The speaker does NOT remember the volume settings after you or it auto shuts off. This is especially annoying for use of AUX, as the volume is way to low and u have to press the Vol up button several times each time the speaker is powered up. The EQ you set in the app, does not function when using AUX. There is NO low battery notification at all. Only the power button LED blink red when u try to turn it on, then it turns off. No way to know the battery status while in use or at power up. (the Sony speaker had an option to announce battery level at each power on and, by default, had verbal battery low notifications on the speaker, several before it finally would die.) So unless you have this paired to a supported phone at all times and monitor via the app the battery charge, you have no idea on battery level. (those BT battery level in the phones OS is often very delayed and inaccurate in my experience with other battery powered BT devices) Battery life could be better for a speaker this size and weight. I have a much smaller Soundcore 2, and that is years old and lasts hours longer than this speaker. (Not a big deal for me, as I can just leave this speaker plugged into usb power from my hub most of the time.)

The speaker itself is very good, has a lot of power for the size and I can usually crank it up to 100% without any clipping and almost no distortion if any at all (after adjusting the EQ settings... more on that later). The layout of the drivers and the fact that there are 5 of them in this tiny package absolutely fills the sound stage and the DSP does a very good job of balancing the power between them all. The battery lasts quite a while: long enough for a day trip or party multiple times over, and it doesn't seem to lose much charge when unused for a few days at a time. The portability is fine, it is a bit heavy and decently large, so you won't be putting it in your pocket and can't really comfortably hold it in your hands for more than a few minutes, but that's probably not what you would be buying a speaker like this for anyways. That said, I do have a few issues, some of which are major and should be extremely easy to fix (and I honestly am surprised that anyone in this day and age would leave these features out), these issues being that 1. Every time you turn on the speaker, it defaults to it's god awful "Bass Up" aka "Destroy the sound quality" EQ that makes everything sound TERRIBLE. When I first got this speaker, turned it on, and played something, I heard the awful cacophony and immediately turned the speaker off and put it back in the box, ready to return it. Then I remembered I read a review that said the default EQ was awful and that the app allows you to change it, and changing it to anything other than the "Bass Up" or "Bass Off" (Bass off sounds like the awful cacophony but without any bass) makes this speaker absolutely shine. The problem with this solution? You HAVE to have it connected to your phone, and you HAVE to use the app to change the EQ, EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU TURN ON THE SPEAKER. On the speaker itself, you can switch between "Bass Up" and "Bass Off", but you cannot set a default EQ, you cannot save a custom EQ from the 9-band custom EQ, and you cannot disable the "Bass Up" from being defaulted on every time you turn on the speaker. Because the speaker sounds so awful out of the box, I have given 4 stars in the "Sound Quality" feature, but if you change the EQ the sound quality goes up to 5 stars for sure. Another rather large issue is that it is currently impossible to use the speaker over Bluetooth with Windows 10. The device will only show up as "Unknown device" if it even shows up at all, and if you manage to connect to it, it will indeed name itself to Soundcore Motion+ but it does not recognize it as an audio device and you cannot use it to play sounds through. For me, this isn't a huge deal because I use the aux input when using the speaker with my computer, but I can image that this issue would impact others rather significantly. The other issues I have had are rather minor. For example, if you have the Volume Sync bluetooth feature enabled, you can only change the volume in it's predefined steps, so if one notch is too quiet, and the next notch up is too loud, you just have to deal with it and choose quiet or loud (If you disable Volume Sync, you can granularly change the volume through the Soundcore app, but then the speaker volume is independent of your device volume). Another one is that I feel that the rubber stopper that covers the ports has a rather clunky design, and while I appreciate that it is rather large to accommodate the waterproof feature, I feel like it sticks out quite a lot and gets in the way if you want to use an aux or charge it while you are using it. Also, I had a very bad experience with the firmware update, as it apparently must have at least 50% battery remaining (remember, it has a rather beefy battery and absolutely did not come anywhere near needing 50% battery, I'd say 15-20% is a more realistic limit) and also apparently takes an exorbitantly long time to update the firmware (about 15 minutes to install, I had already downloaded the measly 36MB update before it would have made a difference) while neglecting to tell you that it is going to take that long until AFTER you have already starting the update and cannot cancel it without risking bricking the thing. If I had any warning that it was going to take more than a minute, I would have waited until later so I could have used it during my break at work, instead of waiting for it to update. Now to round it off with a few more good things about the device: it turns on quickly and automatically connects to my phone instantly. It takes about 3 seconds to turn on and another second or two to connect via bluetooth. It also does NOT play any sort of sound when changing or maxing out the volume, a feature I absolutely despise in other speakers. You can also charge the speaker while using it. The Bluetooth 5.0 features are quite nice as well. The build quality is fantastic; it feels extremely solid and looks like it could take a beating. TL;DR: The speaker is great, sounds great, and has great battery life, but it has a few caveats in the feature functionality, such as poor EQ out of the box and a bug causing incompatibility with bluetooth connection to Windows 10.