Another significant bump up in the Sony XB30 Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker is the battery. Sony seems to have gone back to the drawing board and re emerged with a battery setup that lasts for a full 24 hours ( at least on paper ). The real story will vary with the usage but even then, a full day’s worth of continuous playback is an offer too hard to refuse. The ticks for Sony keep on coming with their next feature, the expanded button layout. Its very common to see brands going for the rather simplistic approach of providing lesser buttons , or rather, multipurpose buttons which perform several operations. Sony however, has decided to go old school with a button for every major functionality in the speaker. Some might call it a hassle, but I call it a masterstroke.
The final component in this section is the Bluetooth connectivity. Sony has included the latest in the Bluetooth technology, and in effect added support for lossless audio, FLAC files and also, Spotify’s “ultra quality sounds”. You also get NFC Support, so if your smartphone has the NFC feature, just tap the top of the speaker and voila !! you’re all set to rumble.
