Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great little speaker! It has awesome sounds and the lights are pretty sweet as well. It was 1/2 price. Great buy!

Nice decent speaker, but the system voice is smaller and also maybe the speaker is smaller volume than xb22

This bluetooth speaker sounds great. No concerns about connectivity and will sync with other Sony products. Battery life isn't the best but mostly gets through a night without any real issues.

Great bluetooth speaker. Was purchased for my granddaughter for Christmas. Enjoys the ease of using it.

Great speaker, great value, I bought it on sale. This is my second one I buy, I use it as my computer speaker.

Very impressed with this piece - its small size belies its power. The sound is clear, transparent, and the extra bass mode is - well... extra bass - a lot of it! It's less than 10" wide, but the output is the equivalent of a small boom box 4 or 5 times its size. This should be a 5 star review, but i dropped it one because it annoyed me out of the box. Aside from the USB charging cable, it comes with a folded one page pamphlet that barely begins to demonstrate what's available. What's more is it's in pictogram mode with scant accompanying text. Here's what they tell you: 1. How to attach the USB cable to charge it. 2. How to turn it on & pair it 3. Volume & skip track buttons 4. Button to turn lights on 5. Buttons for "party chain" mode/add speaker 6. Web link for Sony Music Center & Fiestable app To enjoy the full features of the XB32, aside from downloading the app, you need to get the full guide - which is available here: https://helpguide.sony.net/speaker/srs-xb32/v1/en/index.html At that point you can either download the PDF or print it; I doubt many will print it as it's 98 pages long & packed with relevant info. Here's some of the things they don't tell you about in the box: 1. Picture & annotated diagram of the 17 different controls & lights. 2. Two full pages on charging; checking charge level; voice guidance, and more. 3. Bluetooth standby mode 4. Charging your phone from the XB32 (or any USB device) 5. Auto power off 6. Lighting modes available with Sony app - Rave, Chill, Hot, Cool, Strobe, etc. 7. About 20 pages on pairing/NFC including connecting with Windows 10/Mac 8. Switching the sound mode. The unit starts up in Extra Bass mode, you can change to Standard or Live Sound. 9. Party Booster mode, where you actually have to slap the speaker to create various sound/lighting effects. 10. Hands free calling As you can see, there's quite a bit of info that's not in the box, and I find that a bit crazy. C'mon Sony, throw a manual in the box - the XB has a lot of features you're not highlighting. I downloaded both the Sony Music Center & the Fiestable app. I was unable to use Fiestable as it doesn't recognize the XB32 in it's library - probably since it's new, a problem which I'm sure will be soon corrected. I was able to control the lighting via the Sony app; after going through the possibilities, I settled on a nice calm Cool mode. I've been using the XB32 a lot with a bluetooth turntable I have. While you might want the Extra Bass outdoors, I find the Standard mode is better suited to indoor casual listening. All in all, this is a great piece, I just wish they wouldn't have made me jump through hoops to find out everything it can do. If you're considering buying, I'd suggest going to the link I posted above, there's a lot of info there that will help answer any questions you might have.

Have only used it a few times. Sound is decent, but not extremely loud. Would like more tech features, but gets the job done.

I'll start by saying this speaker does sound great on it's own. It has a nice sound with some nice bass and it's great for playing music or listening to baseball (the 2 things I've used it for). If you want a small, portable speaker for playing music, this one is good. That said, the extra features they advertise aren't really that great, so I wouldn't recommend buying this if you're only looking at the extra features. I'm talking specifically about the ability to link more than one in 2 different modes. It's not made clear what exactly each mode does, but I think the "party" mode just plays the same thing out of each speaker while the other mode turns 2 of them into stereo speakers. I have the previous model of this same speaker and I tried to get both of these modes to work (it was the main reason I wanted this speaker) and I got party mode to work once but one of the speakers sounded incredibly soft while the other one was really loud which made the effect almost non-existent. I was never able to get the stereo speaker mode to work. The apps for these speakers are pretty terrible. There's 2 separate apps. One for controlling the lights which is a joke. It's really bad. Just use the stock lighting modes and don't worry about creating custom effects. It's painful and I don't think it's worth it. The lights on the device are cool and all, but this app is just really really bad. There's also another app for adjusting the sound and connecting to other speakers and such. This app isn't quite as terrible but I also had a terrible time trying to get the 2 speakers to talk to one another so I can't say it's great either. The other feature that's really bad and I can't ever see anyone using is turning it into a drum machine. You tap different sides of the speaker and it makes sounds. I can see people playing with it for about 2 minutes like I did and never using it again. Pretty sure if you want a sound machine and want to make music, there are much better ways to invest your money than this thing. I like the overall look of this update to the speaker. The previous model has a hard speaker mesh coving the entire speaker. I wasn't a huge fan. This one goes with a matte rubber black for the non-speaker parts which I feel is a lot more appealing. That's going to be entirely subjective, though. My overall impression is, it's still a great speaker if that's all you're looking for. The upgrade from the XB31 to XB32 feels non-existent aside from the better looks of the new speaker so I wouldn't recommend this if you're just upgrading from the previous model. Also, don't get this if you're looking forward to all the extra bells and whistles that are advertised. They really don't add anything. If you're looking for just a good sounding speaker and this one is in your budget, go for it.

Excellent quality speaker. Purchased for my daughter to listen to her vinyls through speaker Bluetooth

Only issue I had with it was when connected through an aux, the bluetooth auto connects to my phone. I have to remove device from bluetooth in settings for it to not connect again.

Bought this for my daughter for Christmas and she absolutely loves it! Loud and flashy just like she wanted!

I bought the wireless speaker for my fiancé and she loves it. It goes to the beach daily. Best purchase I’ve made in a long time

This is basically only a facelift of the older XB31 but that’s not a bad thing! This speaker has an advertised battery life of 24 hours but that’s with only standard mode and no lights on. I prefer extra bass and the lights and it lasts good enough for me ( umm around 8-10 ). This also has an IP67 rating which means it’s dust proof and waterprooof in certain circumstances. It also floats so I wouldn’t worry about it too much. The only negative thing about this speaker is that it still uses Bluetooth 4.2 and it still charges with micro USB. Otherwise this speaker gets plenty loud and a lot of bass.

Good speaker. If you need a speaker this is one you can buy.

Pretty good. But kinda dull. You have to have it right in front of you to get the full effects. As soon as you set it down it's like it just isn't what is was when you were holding it. Jbl is better. ...

My girlfriend loves this speaker. We use it when we go out to the pool or around the house. It’s awesome.

This speaker is a nice size and works well with the Sony stereo and or our tablet. It has great sound.

I really like this Bluetooth speaker but I had to buy a charging plug end that should have come with the speaker itself.

Very nice and affordable Bluetooth boombox Sony brand, all features and great price Highly recommend

Not so great sound quality. The lights are a nice touch, but sound quality-wise it lacks. I retuned it and got a JBL charge 4.