I Tried the New JBL Flip 7 and Charge 6 Bluetooth Speakers and Liked What I Heard

It's been four years since we've seen upgrades to JBL's Flip and Charge portable Bluetooth speakers, so I was curious to see and hear what the company's done with its new Flip 7 ($150) and Charge 6 ($200) speakers. While JBL hasn't radically redesigned the speakers on the outside -- they look pretty similar to their predecessors -- they do feature better sound, battery life and lossless audio over a USB-C connection. They're available now for preorder and ship on April 4 in multiple color options. Read more: Best Bluetooth speakers of 2025 Both speakers are IP68 waterproof and dust-proof and are equipped with newly developed woofers that help improve bass performance along with the requisite reference to AI that almost every new product seems to include these days. In the case of the Flip 7 and Charge 6, it's something called "AI Sound Boost" that JBL says keeps the speakers from distorting as their drivers are pushed to their "maximum capability." In other words, JBL has improved th ... Read full article.