Sound is amazing. Out of the box the bass and treble are good. Once you set it up, you can modify the bass and treble to your liking. But this thing has some nice clear highs and some nice deep bass for something as small as it is. This thing is roughly the size of two 20oz bottles put side to side. You can connect Pandora, iHeartRadio, Spotify Premium, Amazon Music, Deezer, and TuneIn. With Spotify, you must have Premium for it to work with this speaker. There are 6 handy presets that you can set to a specific station/playlist. To set the presets, you must start playing a radio station on the speaker from the Bose Music app, and then hold down the preset you want to set to that station (just like setting a preset in your car radio). And then when you want to hear a station, you just press the preset and it starts playing. Very handy feature. Connecting music through bluetooth is very convenient just like any other bluetooth speaker. One disappointment with the advertisements about this speaker was that I was under the impression that since this speaker supports both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant that I could use both. However, you can only use one or the other, not both. I originally thought Bose had created the end all of all smart speakers by integrating both at the same time. Perhaps a future software update could enable such abilities, but for now you can switch back and forth between the two voice assistants in the Bose Music app. This brings up a point that if you do not own a smartphone or tablet, you will not be able to set this thing up. So if you are buying this as a gift for someone who does not know how to use a smartphone or does not have one at all, you may be frustrating the recipient. Another thing that may be a negative but also could be a positive is that the speaker does not have a battery built in. The negative is that you are tied to an outlet, but the positive is that you will not have to ever worry about the battery life diminishing over time. As long as the electronics hold up and you have a power source this thing will work. The power input to this thing is 24V therefore most battery packs pushing 5V 2.4A or even a Power Delivery or Quick Charge Power bank will not power this thing. Overall, I really like the way the Bose Home Speaker 300 sounds after tweaking the treble from the Bose Music app to my liking. The presets are a neat feature to get to the music you want to hear right away. Voice Assistants work well. Nice build quality and form factor. Fills up a room with bass rich (can be increased or decreased) sounds. This is a wonderful addition to our house. Will look forward to adding more of these smart speakers to other parts of the home to make a network of speakers.

It works great! I love it it plays music beautifully and it sounds wonderful I reccomend it ! It's great for parties and it's very easy to move since it's not too big

The sound quality is awesome! build in google home and Alexa is an extra feature, I have it in my office, works as a Bluetooth speaker for my laptop also, sometimes it gave slow response but it doesn't happen ofen

I am aware that I am cheap. But, I also believe that spending extra money is sometimes a requirement in order to receive a quality item. While the price of the Home 300 initially pushed me away, I have learned that Bose costs more because it is better. The user experience is polished, the aesthetics are sleek and not overly designed, and both the volume & clarity are on point. Even the bass is impressive for the small size of the unit. The reason I rank this speaker as 4 stars is the following: - The Speaker is not able to use all features of Alexa. For example, you cannot send voice messages from your phone using the “Drop In” or “Announce” features within the communication section of the Amazon Alexa App - No internal battery. The small form factor would be perfect for a portable speaker, but no luck. - The speaker does not pair with older Bose speakers - only the current generation & newer. - In order to get full use of all of the smart features, you need a smartphone or tablet to download the app. This might not be easy for older generations who are not tech savvy. - If an update is required, Set-up was a bit of a nightmare. The Bose Music app walks you through set-up (which is normally quite easy), but, for me, the speaker needed an update right out of the box. After waiting for over an hour, I restarted the speaker and followed the manual upgrade process found on the Bose support website. If the wireless update does not work for you, follow the instructions on the Bose website: https://www.bose.com/en_us/support/article/updating-your-home-speaker-300.html Not only does the speaker sound fantastic, but it truly does an exceptional job at dispersing the audio in a full 360 degrees. And though the music can get quite loud, it did a great job at picking up audio cues (“Alexa”) while I was walking around my kitchen and dining room. At first I was annoyed that the speaker required the Bose Music application, but the app truly makes it incredibly easy to program the 6 presets / favorite buttons. Starting a playlist could not be more simple. No need to have your phone handy and no need to wake up alexa and hope that she can understand which playlist you want - just press number 1 through 6 and your playlist starts right up! Bose has always excelled at getting maximum volume from small speakers and this speaker carries on that legacy. And with the touch sensitive buttons, a Bose speaker has never looked quite so sleek. With the indicator light on the front, there is just enough feedback to ensure effective communication and easy of use. This speaker has exceeded my expectations and is definitely worth trying out.

The Bose Home Speaker 300 has graced my home for a few weeks now. It looks fantastic with its seamless all metal enclosure. I have fallen in love with it and it is hard to imagine life without it. It may not be for everyone though. Here is both the good and the bad of our experience with the speaker so far. PROS - Airplay 2! This Bose is Apple Music compatible and it works seamlessly through Airplay 2. Once the Bose HS 300 was set up on our Wifi then all our Apple devices recognized it as a streaming option. - The music quality is rich, detailed, dynamic and balanced. I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of music. The bass goes much deeper than most speakers of this size. Quality bass - tight and well controlled. Mids are just perfect. Both male and female voices sound transparent as though the singer is in the room with you. Music sounds just as it should. That is, unless you get to the higher volumes. - Another positive is that Alexa can actually hear me VERY well. We’ve tried many smart speakers and have never had the microphones work so well. Alexa hears me clearly and accurately every time. Even from the other room! If only my devices with Siri could hear and understand me that well! - I love the presets. Bose allows you to set up to six presets for music playlists or stations and program them to correspond to one of 6 buttons on the speaker. So, I can play a preset just be pressing the corresponding button on the speaker. It feels old school in a very good way. I am pleasantly surprised how nice it is to play music without going through an app or voice assistant. By the way, there are also physical buttons which turn off the mic, change volume and just about anything else. - Finally, the speaker is SMALL. Daily, this surprises me. We have a few older Bose SoundTouch speakers in our home. The smallest in that series is the SoundTouch 10. The SoundTouch 10 looks like a large brick compared to the 300 even though the 300 plays much louder. Very great. CONS - A downside to the HS 300 is that the sound goes sour above 75% volume. At the higher volumes it sounds like Bose is engaging digital sound processing to insure that nothing distorts. The result is a really poor and unbalance sound. Seriously, it just sounds bad. That said, the speakers max volume level is really high so I doubt many people will listen to the speaker above 75% to 80% volume anyway. I imagine this is a necessary trade-off by Bose to keep the form factor small. - Also, there is often a delay with the play / pause button. Several times now, I have pressed the pause button (either in the Bose Music App or on the actual speaker) only to have nothing happen. I will try again several times before my music finally gets paused. Unfortunately, it will pause and then play again because of my multiple press attempts. It is as though the button is simply sending a command to the internet that is processed through a complicated web of computer coding before it registers. Our SoundTouch speakers do not have this problem. Hopefully this will get fixed via a firmware update. CONCLUSION The Bose Home Speaker 300, though not perfect, provides a great experience. I am astonished by the good sound quality, Alexa tis very responsive and the form factor allows it to look great in any room. This all adds up to a package that makes it my favorite smart speaker to date. I think it is just a matter of time before it outsells everything else.