The Bluetooth speaker has become an absolute must-have gadget. Whether camping, at the lake and in the park or at home – you can play music quickly and easily with it. The connection with the smartphone is done quickly. TECHBOOK shows how it’s done.
Bluetooth speakers are incredibly practical: you can take music with you anywhere in decent quality and problems such as a broken cable or a defective jack connection are a thing of the past. Many models are now even waterproof and offer the latest audio technologies. The sound comes from the smartphone – either from your own collection or from music streaming services such as Spotify, Amazon Music and Co. Users only have to connect their Bluetooth speaker to their cell phone, which works in just a few steps.
What is Bluetooth actually and what does it mean?
Bluetooth is an industry standard developed in the 1990s for radio transmission of data over a relatively short distance. The standard is continuously being developed, the current version is Bluetooth 5.3.
By the way, the name giver is the Viking king Harald Blåtand. He united Norway and Sweden into one administrative entity in the 10th century. Since they wanted to develop a universal data exchange with Bluetooth, it seemed only fitting, especially since the decisive development step came from the Swedish company Ericsson. Blåtand (German: Blauzahn) eventually became Bluetooth. The logo therefore shows a monogram from the two Nordic runes for H and B; if you also rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, it looks like two teeth.
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Connect Bluetooth speaker to iPhone
First, turn on the Bluetooth speaker and enable its Bluetooth function. Typically, this works by pressing the speaker’s button, which is marked with the B-shaped logo or two interlocking rings. If your speaker does not have such a button, contact the manufacturer for information. Now take the iPhone and tap on settings and then up Bluetooth.
If you haven’t already, enable Bluetooth on your iPhone to connect to the speaker. To do this, simply slide the corresponding slider to the right. When Bluetooth is active, it turns green.
If Bluetooth is activated on both devices, the iPhone will automatically find the speaker. During initial setup, the speaker appears in Bluetooth settings under other devices. Click the box name to complete the connection. After that, the device appears under my devices and automatically connects to the iPhone after switching on – unless you pair it with another smartphone.
Connect Bluetooth speaker to Android smartphone
In principle, the connection setup works the same way on a smartphone with the Android operating system. In the first step, activate your Bluetooth speaker again by switching it on and pressing the marked Bluetooth button.
Then set the Bluetooth function on your smartphone as well, if you haven’t already done so. To do this, either pull down the notification bar and click on the Bluetooth button. Alternatively you can go to the settings go and under the point Bluetooth flip the virtual switch.
In the Bluetooth settings you will find the “Available devices” bar, in which the Bluetooth device to be paired appears. Tap on the name of the Bluetooth box to connect it to the smartphone. After that, the box should appear under “paired devices”.