Bose Home Speaker 500 Review
What is the Bose Home Speaker 500
The Bose home speaker 500 fills any room with powerful sound. Inside the speaker, two custom drivers point in opposite directions to bounce sound off the walls, creating a soundstage wider than any other smart speaker. Built-in voice assistants, like Alexa and the Google Assistant, let you enjoy millions of songs, Internet radio stations, playlists, and more — hands free. All you have to do is say the words, and the music starts playing. When the musician’s playing loud, the Bose home speaker 500 will still hear you. Just under the top is a custom-designed eight-microphone array for superior voice pickup. But control doesn’t stop at just voice - Start and stop the music with the top controls, or manage it all from the Bose music app. When it comes to what you want to hear, there are plenty of options, too. With Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Apple airplay 2 compatibility, play your favorite music services, like Spotify, music, or Apple Music, or play anything from your phone or tablet. You can set up to six different presets for playlists, Internet radio stations, and more. And the color LCD display will show you what’s playing, like current song, station, playlist info, album art, and more.
Bose Home Speaker 500 Features
Take control of your listening experience with the Bose Music App. Browse all your music in one place, and seamlessly jump between stations, playlists, and services. Plus, it’s another simple way to control the Bose Home Speaker 500. You can easily set up your six presets, and multiple users can personalize their experience and content.
Sound performance: Fill any room with impressive wall-to-wall stereo sound from a single speaker
Built-in Alexa: Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are built into this smart speaker for hands-free voice control. And a noise-rejecting mic system listens in every direction for your voice
Connectivity: Pair your device to this home speaker to stream your favorite music and more via a Bluetooth connection, your home Wi-Fi network, Apple AirPlay 2, or Spotify Connect
Control: Easily control your home speaker with 3 different ways to manage what you hear: your voice, the Bose Music app, or 6 1-touch presets on top of the speaker
Make or take calls: With Alexa only, make or take calls from this smart speaker to Bose smart products, Amazon Echo products, and anyone in your contacts list. Hands free, phone free, and free of charge
Bose Music app: Use the Bose Music app for simple setup with detailed prompts
Compatible products: This home speaker is part of the Bose smart family and works with other Bose smart speakers and soundbar for a multi-room listening experience
Bose SimpleSync: Use Bose SimpleSync technology to pair a member of the Bose Smart Family with a Bose, Bluetooth or SoundTouch speaker for synchronized music playback