JBL’s New Pulse Speaker Is a Extra of a Lantern

JBL’s Pulse audio system have all the time been half audio product and half mild present, however the Pulse 6 is absolutely leaning into the lamp of all of it.

In this era of the Pulse, JBL ups the lighting sport in a couple of notable methods. There’s now an built-in mild within the deal with, which supplies the entire thing a lantern vibe. On high of that, there are two new modes that make the Pulse 6 extra practical as a light-weight. The first mode is a bedside lamp function that means that you can double-tap the speaker to activate the lights. There’s additionally a sundown mode that’s designed to regularly dim the sunshine over a interval of as much as an hour. JBL even integrates the music right here—when the sunshine goes out, so does the music.

There are, after all, nonetheless built-in mild reveals, too. Overall, the speaker has 16 mild themes—10 are ambient themes, whereas six of them are “party” themes, in keeping with JBL.

Since this isn’t only a lamp, you’re going to wish to learn about sound, too, although. On that entrance, JBL is updating the acoustic design, which it says offers the Pulse 6 a “more natural and balanced sound with deeper bass.” The speaker additionally has JBL’s AI Sound Boost know-how, which is designed to investigate music in actual time after which “maximize acoustic performance with less distortion.”

The Pulse 6 will get 12 hours of battery life and is IP68 rated, that means it’s waterproof and dustproof. JBL says the Pulse 6 will ship on Sept. 6, however you’ll be able to preorder it now for $330.