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- Design
- Sound
- Active Features
- Connectivity
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Beats Pill+ vs JBL Xtreme 2
Side-by-Side Comparison
Products
Beats Pill+
JBL Xtreme 2
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BluetoothYes
Wi-FiNo
SpeakerphoneYes
Voice AssistantNo
Battery PoweredYes
BluetoothYes
Wi-FiNo
SpeakerphoneYes
Voice AssistantYes
Battery PoweredYes
Variants
- Pill+ (Black)
- Pill+ (Red)
- Pill+ (White)
- Xtreme 2 (Black)
- Xtreme 2 (Blue)
- Xtreme 2 (Camo)
- Xtreme 2 (Green)
- Xtreme 2 (Red)
Our Verdict
Beats Pill+
JBL Xtreme 2
The JBL Xtreme 2 is a better speaker than the Beats Pill+. The JBL has voice assistant support, although it relies on your smartphone's voice assistant. It's also a better-built speaker with an IPX7 rating for water resistance, though we don't currently test for this. Thanks to its better-balanced sound profile, vocals and lead instruments are reproduced more clearly. However, the Beats has a punchier high-bass, which may please some fans of bass-heavy genres like EDM.
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Music
Threshold
Music
6.0
6.5
Frequency Response Accuracy
5.8
6.6
Dynamics
6.1
6.8
Full Comparison
Design
Style
Style Photo
RGB Lights
No
No
Portability
9.2
9.3
Dimensions Photo
Volume
56 in³ (910 cm³)
272 in³ (4,463 cm³)
Weight
1.5 lbs (0.7 kg)
5.1 lbs (2.3 kg)
Power Source
Battery & USB
AC & Battery
One-Hand Carry
Yes
Yes
Build Quality
6.4
7.5
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Material Quality
Good
Great
Water Resistance
No
Submersible (IPx7)
Dust Resistance
Unspecified
Unspecified
Impact Resistance
Unspecified
Unspecified
Floats In Water
No
Unspecified
Controls
7.9
7.6
Controls Photo
Controls Photo 2
Ease Of Use
Great
Great
Feedback
Good
Good
Music Play/Pause
Yes (Physical)
Yes (Physical)
Call Answer/End
Yes (Physical)
Yes (Physical)
Volume Up/Down
Yes (Physical)
Yes (Physical)
Track Next/Previous
Yes (Physical)
Forward Only (Physical)
Microphone On/Off
No
No
Additional Controls
Yes
Yes
In The Box
In The Box Photo
Sound
Frequency Response Accuracy
5.8
6.6
Frequency Response Graph
Slope
-0.72
-0.28
Std. Err.
4.26 dB
4.09 dB
Low-Frequency Extension
89.8 Hz
57.4 Hz
High-Frequency Extension
16.7 kHz
16.0 kHz
Raw Frequency Response
Raw Frequency Response Graph
Binaural Recording @ 1m
Binaural Recording @ 2m
Soundstage
7.2
7.0
Directivity Graph
Directivity Index
5.35 dB
5.56 dB
Stereo
Yes
Yes
Dynamics
6.1
6.8
Dynamic Range Compression
SPL @ Max Volume
85.8 dB SPL
90.2 dB SPL
DRC @ Max Volume
3.26 dB
2.90 dB
Active Features
Battery
7.0
8.9
Battery Life
7.8 hrs
14.6 hrs
Charge Time
2.7 hrs
2.7 hrs
Power Saving
Yes
Yes
Charging Port
Lightning
AC
Battery Powered
Yes
Yes
Voice Assistant
0.0
4.3
Alexa
No
No
Google Assistant
No
Yes (Requires Smartphone)
Speakerphone
Yes
Yes
Siri
No
Yes (Requires Smartphone)
Voice Assistant
No
Yes
Voice Activation
No
No
Microphone Mute
No
No
Far-Field Performance
No Assistant
Excellent
Ambient Noise Performance
No Assistant
Poor
App
6.6
6.6
App Picture
App Name
Beats Pill+
JBL Portable
iOS
Yes
Yes
Android
Yes
Yes
EQ
No
No
Stereo Pair Mode
Yes
Yes
Party Mode
Yes
Yes
Multi-Room
No
No
Connectivity
Wired
Aux Input
Yes
Yes
USB Audio
No
No
Other Ports
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
8.7
9.6
Bluetooth
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth Version
Unspecified
4.2
Bluetooth iOS Latency
52 ms
31 ms
Bluetooth Android Latency
147 ms
25 ms
Bluetooth Range
334.6 ft (102.0 m)
272.3 ft (83.0 m)
Multi-Device Pairing
2 Devices
2 Devices
Wi-Fi
0.0
0.0
Wi-Fi Version
No Wi-Fi
No Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Frequency Band
No Wi-Fi
No Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
No
No
Apple AirPlay
No
No
AirPlay Latency
N/A
N/A
Google Chromecast
No
No
Chromecast Latency
N/A
N/A
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