Ultimate Ears conscionable announced the Wonderboom 3, the latest iteration of its beloved entry-level portable talker that promises high-quality 360-degree audio and up to 14 hours of artillery beingness successful an adorably compact bundle that inactive floats connected water.

Strangely, the Microboom 3 still uses a Micro USB transportation successful our bully twelvemonth of 2022. It feels a little…well, lazy to transportation implicit the aforesaid unfriendly larboard from the Wonderboom 2 erstwhile USB-C is disposable and mandated connected portable speakers successful Europe starting successful 2024.

The third-generation Wonderboom does connection a fewer improvements implicit the Wonderboom 2 portion keeping the terms unchanged astatine $99.99. Bluetooth scope is present 131 feet (up from the 100-foot scope connected the Wonderboom 2), and listed artillery beingness has been improved by an hour. Like before, 2 of the speakers tin beryllium paired unneurotic for existent stereo separation, lone now, the extended scope and artillery beingness tin assistance your audio to screen much crushed astatine parties. Ultimate Ears has besides breathed much sustainability into the speaker, claiming they’re made from a minimum of 31 percent post-consumer recycled plastic.

The caller Wonderboom 3 is visually indistinguishable from the beloved Wonderboom 2. Image: Ultimate Ears / Logitech

If you were a instrumentality of the information that some of these older models tin interval successful water, past you’ll beryllium pleased to perceive that the Wonderboom 3 volition proceed that tradition, featuring an IP67 standing for water, dirt, and particulate resistance. That standing besides means it’ll defy jets of h2o if you privation to perceive to tunes successful the ablution — it’s besides “drop proof” if things get slippy.

While a fewer plan changes were made betwixt the archetypal Wonderboom and the Wonderboom 2, this latest exemplary looks visually identical to its predecessor, featuring two-tone cloth and a level bungee cord loop.

The Wonderboom 3 talker volition beryllium disposable successful 4 antithetic colors astatine launch: gray, pink, blue, and black, each with a contrasting strap and iconic power buttons to assistance them basal retired against the body. Ultimate Ears says the talker volition travel successful these colors “initially,” which suggests we could spot much colorways hitting the marketplace successful the aboriginal if you request much choices.

These promotional images suggest we could besides spot greenish and lilac colorways made available. Image: Ultimate Ears / Logitech

The Wonderboom 3 looks to beryllium a humble upgrade to the erstwhile generation, but hey, if it ain’t broke, past don’t hole it — particularly if you’re releasing a successor to 1 of the champion portable Bluetooth speakers connected the market. It’s acceptable to get successful some the US and UK connected August 31st for $99.99 / £89.

Update August 17th, 6:39AM ET: Added notation of Micro USB charging.