Testing out the Megablast’s Alexa voice command functionality, I wasn’t impressed by the Megablast’s far field microphones which claim to pickup your voice from far away. I like listening to podcasts while I do household tasks and could easily hear shows like The Bugle podcast while in different rooms of my apartment home. The setup glitches and missing software features that should’ve been available at launch detract from the Megablast’s undeniable position as the best sounding and most robust Alexa powered portable speaker. UE support says it will only connect to simple home Wi-Fi style networks, not corporate or university style Wi-Fi that uses “username/password” type logons. The Megablast’s Alexa voice command features work while you’re within range of a saved Wi-Fi network so if you take this speaker to the beach it’s going to be Bluetooth only. Megablast and Blast will only group with each other, not other Ultimate Ears speakers. Grouping will be supported later this year, but works differently than Party-Up. UE say that they have added app Volume control and EQ to the Megablast and Blast since launch. I had to factory reset the Megablast by pressing power and the – button for 6 seconds, remove the speaker from the UE app, set it up again, then it decided to work.Ĭonsidering that the Megablast and Blast were announced overseas over 6 months ago it is puzzling that there are still so many features missing in the Megablast/Blast which the Megaboom has eg: Party UP to connect multiple speakers together, remote power on and off via the app, Tap Controls and being able to use it as a Speakerphone for phone calls. Turning it on and off several times didn’t work. The day after setting up the Megablast I turned it on in the morning to be greeted with “I’m having trouble connecting to the internet”.

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