UE | BOOM Reviews

by Le Eminence

It’s too bad one cannot give negative stars! Everyone involved in developing this worthless drivel need to be given Pink Slips £ escorted to the exit immediately. It is unfathomable that Logitech is associated with this nonsense.
It is bad enough that there is no way to extinguish that obnoxious sound that it makes when turning on or off and no AUX jack/port on the UE Megaboom to connect directly but this is putting rock salt into a gunshot wound £ stitching it closed. Also, it will no longer connect via bluetooth to my MacBook Pro. I tried to return the speaker but it was beyond the return date. [yea, I did the dance through the website] The software, once downloaded onto my iPhone, never shows the MegaBoom in the bluetooth window. This is worse than the KEF LSX attempt at a bluetooth app.
Yes, my bluetooth function works because I writing this message with my Logitech K760 Solar Keyboard via bluetooth.
RECOMMENDATION: Burn this disaster of an attempt at a bluetooth app. AND burn the draft boards it was written on. Stick to hardware £ make sure it works. This should be considered an absolute embarrassment for a company such as this. Spend you money JBL if you want to connect via cable. Otherwise, if it is in the budget, get a pair of PSB, ELAC or Klipsch active speakers if you do not necessarily need portability.

by BassaBoy

So many bug fix and enhancement, so why are my mega boom speakers keeps getting worse and worse? I bought two mega boom speakers in early 2018. Two or three years later one of the speaker (blue one) is stuck in a 10% state of charge no matter how long it stay on a charger. If the manufacturer knows that at some time in the life span of this products the battery will need replacement why did they seal the battery in? This is just stupid. I’m sick and tire of throw-away-electronics. This is where government regulation needs to step in and do something about this problem. My 70 year old dad bought a vacuum tube sound system at the age of 21. That sound system with its original speakers still work flawlessly and never been to any repair shop. I have no doubt that if you visit the homes of CEO(s) who run these high tech companies, you will find vaccuum tube technology while they are selling us throw away electronics. Something needs to be done about this.

by Bosko521

Since one update you removed the ability to turn on or off the remote power option. Now that feature is always on and is draining battery like crazy if I don’t use the speaker for a week or two. That is a really bad decision for the user because it will likely kill the battery in the long run. If my speakers die because of this I will buy speakers from another brand.

by J_horn23

The Hyperboom 3 is excellent. It sound gorgeous, is pretty loud, and looks great. UEBOOM has issues though, and perhaps the most disappointing thing about this is that the Party Up feature doesn’t work well. After a few minutes the second speaker (the one I’m not controlling but is paired) always cuts in and out and crackles during the music I play. I have to constantly turn off and on that second speaker for it to play okay for another few minutes. Extremely disappointing. UE, please update the firmware, or UEBOOM , so that these speakers have a stronger connection when pairing together. They have the potential to be so much better, especially for the premium that you’re charging for these speakers!

by TactfulCactii

I bought a second Boom 3 speaker just so I could connect them for stereo sound. Party Up has successfully connected to both speakers at the same time maybe 2-3 times out of dozens of attempts, and when it does, one of the speakers (it’s random which one) drops within 10 minutes. Most of the time, I can’t even get Party Up to work at all. Additionally, if I have two speakers turned on that UEBOOM recognizes, it reads that the battery on one of them is at 0% or 10% (which it isn’t). I completely wasted my money on a second Boom because of the uselessness of UEBOOM.

by Ellison Fairfeild

I hate corporations and this is why. My book 2 speaker has been working fine for months now, but now it just turns on and connects and doesn’t show up as an audio output option. UEBOOM has always sucked at working like it’s supposed to but it used to be able to turn on and connect my speaker. Now it’s showing that the speaker has an update but won’t let me update it because I “need to turn the power on”… while I’m looking at the light on the speaker and it says it’s connected to my phone.

by Mulysamayhem

Tried to use my Wonderboom with my iPad and when I go to UEBOOM and choose it as my speaker it says that there is “No app for this speaker”. Since when?? Yes, my Bluetooth is on. Yes, everything is “plugged in”. Yes, everything is “turned on”. What gives?? My Boom3 works fine but I use it at work and it would be nice to use the one that I bought for home AT HOME. Otherwise, the speakers are excellent - or else I wouldn’t have them. But what good are they if they can’t be used via UEBOOM ? ~Frustrated and disappointed.

by The Lord Of Mezz

Cart before the horse here on execution. Audio quality and connection should be paramount over all of the other convenience features. It shouldn't be an iterative process to successfully get 3 speakers partied up and by no means should any have audio cutting out while sitting next to one another fully charged playing music (5G WiFi, downloaded tracks, whatever, there's a codec issue here).

UEBOOM looks nice and all but at the end of the day all I'm looking for is a high quality stable connection between multiple speakers. If I need to physically get up and walk over to turn one on/off or adjust the volume so be it. EQ, nice to have but I'll trade it any day for rock solid audio with no cutouts. Requiring UEBOOM to parry up may look cool with the dots and all, but functions 10x better and consistently on the cheaper wonderboom models (which sadly are limited to 2 max otherwise I'd just buy 8 of them).

Ignore the completion from the likes of Bose, beats, JBL etc.... you have some solid underlying physical engineering that UEBOOM doesn't do justice and even detracts from. Forget adding extra features and focus on the core product and main reason people buy your speakers, to listen to some dang music.

by Dorpond

I was a big fan of UA Boom speakers and software but now I party up 2 units and they constantly disconnect from each other now (bimonthly still powered on). I’ll walk back into the room to find only one speaker is playing. I also noticed that just trying to pair the two for a party up can be hit and miss. Since Logitech purchased this product, they’ve neglected it, and it is a shame because the speakers still sound amazing. I wish there was another way to pair these two speakers up.

by Sprocell

I cannot use UEBOOM to turn on the speaker and it only shows it charging on speaker while on says it is at 0% but working when you turn it off it does not blink as it did while charging says information on battery is unavailable. That is after deleting and reinstalling it because it was stuck on Bluetooth mode could not control the speaker even while working. You changed something.

by Kevsource

Just got a second UE Boom 2 to pair them, and downloaded UEBOOM .

Updated the firmware on both as per UEBOOM alert, and had to go through the whole matter of renaming both speakers to tell them apart, then have iOS “forget” them and re-pair them with the new names.

It seems like it’s hit or miss if they’ll both work when in Party Mode, and hot-switching from Double to Stereo always results in my losing one speaker’s audio altogether.

The Boom 2 isn’t new tech, nor is the Double/Stereo feature on UEBOOM . Everything should work without fail every time.

Maybe Apple should allow two or more Booms working together through Apple Music; if they do, I’ll likely not bother with the UE app.

by Crobin88

I own 2 booms (one of the newer models) and the party up feature for the past 6 months has been glitchy. One of the two speakers often drops off and disconnects and is unable to reconnect without turning off both speakers, closing UEBOOM , turning Bluetooth off and back on on my phone etc. Both speakers are equidistant from my phone (just using as 2 channel stereo in a room within a 15ft radius so it’s not a Bluetooth out of range signal issue). When I first got the speakers it was a different issue - one of the two speakers would frequently skip and have static. Suddenly it all worked great for maybe 3-4 months, and now it’s the one of the two speakers drops off (it’s not specifically one of my two speakers either, they both do it). Also happens on my wife’s newer iPhone 11.

by Me1199

I have 2 UE BOOM 2 speakers. Party up works alright when I have the speakers 10ft apart or less but going much further than that causes the music to cut out frequently on one of the speakers. Other than that, the sound is pretty decent for the size and I like being able to use the party up feature in stereo mode but again, the poor range limits my use of these speakers and I would not buy these again. But since I’m stuck with them for now, would appreciate having Apple Shortcut support added to UEBOOM so I can automate setting up the party up stereo function.

by Chuyjimenez

The concept is solid, but the execution is sad at best. UEBOOM continuously drops speakers (using 4 mega boom speakers) and they don’t always have a clear connection between each other (even when 2-5 feet apart)
Thus, the speakers fade constantly and at time feels as if I’m listening to braille ...
an update to fix this would make this a great great set up otherwise mediocre

by JLR-1827

I'm hard of hearing. I use the speaker feature constantly. More than several dozen times a day. I also have my speaker constantly on charge so battery drain is not a consideration for me. The speaker on off button does not connect and I constantly have to go to settings to connect to Bluetooth. UEBOOM icon is useless for connecting also. The old way was perfect for me. Auto disconnect and constant background boom is annoying.

by Be*Rad8

I’ve had two MegaBOOMs for years & they work great together!
They work great as long as there isn’t anything significant blocking your iPhone/ iPad and the 1st Connected Speaker & then from the 1st to 2nd Speaker! (the signal seems to go from the Device to one Speaker & then to the Next Speaker - daisy-chain)
People, it’s Bluetooth after all - which isn’t nearly as robust as WiFi for transmitting signals!
Sometimes UEBOOM does get confused if you disconnect by going far away from the Speaker(s). Again issues are more from the inadequacies of Bluetooth than UEBOOM!
I find the BEST PRACTICE is to Turnoff the Speakers via UEBOOM & then Quit UEBOOM (it seems like if you keep UEBOOM open, it’ll try to connect to the Speakers - which can get UEBOOM confused 🤔).

by HeinousG0AT

I honestly just downloaded UEBOOM to see if I could turn off the sounds the speaker made when you turn it on/off and connected to a device. So if that’s what you’re trying to do, UEBOOM will do that.

by Glitterbugpsyd

I used UEBOOM when I first bought my UE Booms some years ago. It didn't seem to add much to the equation so I stuck with using the pairing protocol with just the speakers. Well, that has always been pretty finicky so I came back to UEBOOM and I am stoked that it worked with ease AND there's a stereo option now! Game changer!

by Cruz O'Flannigan

My wife bought me the Boom3 for Fathers Day along with the charging system the speaker sits on top of. I absolutely love it! The sound quality is awesome and the charge last long as long as I chill for listening to music. The best is the Ultimate ears app that allows me to easily turn on/off and control the volume from my Iphone. Definitely not dissatisfied like most the reviews on this page.

by WHY IS IT SO LOOONG

i own the wonderboom 2 speaker some people don’t actually know how to treat nicely there speakers like some people said there speaker is glitchy because YOU DONT TREAT IT RIGHT its some times glitchy because it is low on battery or you may have dropped it in water like my older brother did with his speaker so he traded it for a other wonderboom 3 the sad part is you cant use UEBOOM for the wonderboom 2 speaker and it lasts for a good period of time so i never have to actually worry about it dying for its 13 hour battery its small portable and i love the outdoor mode because i love camping hiking biking so this speaker has the same efficiency for those types of environment so these speakers are THE BEST if you just treat them RIGHT!!!

by Tsams11

I bought my speaker in July and it’s only connected to UEBOOM and played correctly for approximately two weeks in total? UEBOOM is complete garbage and apparently this is a widespread problem that the company chooses to ignore. Don’t waste your money on their products—they’re useless if they don’t work as intended.

by Bucac

Purchased speakers solely for party mode. Could hardly get two speakers going after hour of disconnection, reconnection, firmware updates. Maybe it’s UEBOOM but because of UEBOOM , the speakers will pay. App is going to be deleted and speakers return. You had a good thing Ue boom. Party mode was the best feature. Without you’re just an over price record and player.

by A 'Merican

I honestly hate giving this a bad review but these speakers are very frustrating. If you are purchasing to be able to sync more that one speaker, do not buy. You will spend more time trying to figure that out than listening to music (yes I upgraded the speaker software.) If you only want one speaker with great sound this is for you.

by 3mm3Ann28

I Am really disappointed that I can not get speaker to work with iOS 13. I have followed all instruction from ultimate ears support and from Apple genius. My Boom3 is still not recognized by my iPhone or IPad. I have also uninstalled app and reinstalled, reset my devices. Nothing is working! I love the speaker,it is an awesome product, I hope I am able to resolve this issue.

by Wild Will Hudson

The new app for mega boom causes a bad 1/2 second skip in the music every 3-5 minutes ensuring a very unpleasant pause in virtually every song. The little hipster software engineers at UE had one job... Make a tiny app that plays music on their hardware reliably. Ooops! Seems they have some work to do! Or maybe they think we shouldn’t mind constant hiccups.

by BCRSR

Please stop the incessant stuttering when connecting more than one speaker. We spent a lot of money on these MegaBoom 3’s and having them stutter when only two are connected is plain garbage. Gave three stars because the speakers sound great and batteries are decent.

by Goterps79

Great idea being able to adjust audio specs, check battery life, and turn on/off the speaker from UEBOOM , except I have to be next to the speaker for UEBOOM to link to it to turn it on or off. Fix please!

by Acrackho24

UEBOOM says that my ue boom is not supported and has to be updated, but when I press send instructions it doesn’t do anything. I’m on iOS 13.3 so maybe that might be the problem

by Kev2395

Why doesn’t the wonder boom 1 the little black one doesn’t have an app but all the rest of the small ones do that is so lame why why why and i love your speakers we need an app for wonderboom 1 not the two the one

by Monika224

Great speaker but need update so iPhone 11 can find speaker

by J.r127

Love the speaker it’s never failed me at my parties but recently every now and then the music cuts in and out my phone is still playing the music but just hear parts of it. What should I do?

by Mikeann126

I love love love love this speaker. I use it every single day without fail. I hate when the battery is dead and you have to wait for a certain percentage for it to turn back on. Today it was 47% before it let me turn it back on. So that’s really annoying. Once it’s plugged in it should be able to turn back on.

by Yaaaaaboiiiiiiiiii

iPhone 8+ sitting on iOS 12.4, UEBOOM works perfect with both of my OG Megabooms. it’s unfortunate so many people have are having issues I hope they get resolved. Seems like iOS 13 could have broken something also.

by Ccharles37

You guys make awesome speakers! Super big fan and I use it during my morning shower everyday. One suggestion is Siri Shortcut support! You guys are sold at Apple Store's and use exclusively Music, but don't have support for Siri Shortcuts! It would be so nice to be able to ask Siri to turn my speaker on instead of opening up UEBOOM . Thanks for all your hard work :) big fan here!