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Features that are not supported include Alexa voice/video calling, Drop-in, notifications and messaging. Megablast supports nearly all Alexa commands and skills. Amazon only allows hotword choice eg Alexa, Computer, Echo on its own speakers eg Echo Dot. Note you can’t change the Megablast voice commands hotword. That distortion, living in an apartment block where you should be polite to neighbours and the fact that extended exposure to loud music damages ears meant I mostly used the Megablast at 50% volume. The maximum sound level of 93dB sounds distorted and too loud for my comfort. It has the ability to clearly play low and high notes clearly and you can hear different instruments playing during non vocal tracks.
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Speaking of music the Megablast plays it via two 25mm tweeters, two 55mm active drivers and two 85mm x 50mm passive radiators.
I found that it had all the songs in my Google Play Music likes playlist.
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You can easily get a Amazon Music trial full account for a few months free or $0.99 depending on the current promotion. Megablast is IP67 waterproof and dustproof so can be immersed in liquid up to 1m for up to 30 minutes. It has continued to work fine during the last few weeks playing SBS Chill radio, despite room humidity reaching a peak of 90% while showering. The Megablast would be great as a bathroom speaker. Testing showed that the Megablast mics were much less sensitive than my Amazon Echo Dot and the Megablast takes about 2.5 seconds longer to respond in comparison. 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.
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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”.