Our verdict: The Beats Pill ranks 6th of the 10 bluetooth speakers we compare, with 9.2 out of 10.
The Beats Pill is a bar-shaped Bluetooth speaker with a carry strap, an IP67 rating and up to 24 hours of battery. It suits people who want one speaker that works with both iPhone and Android.
Check Price on AmazonEach bar shows where it places among the 10 bluetooth speakers in this guide, so a full bar is 1st of 10. How happy owners are counts for most of the score.
The JBL Flip 7 (9.3) beats the Beats Pill (9.2): owners are about as happy with both, and it is the newer design.
The current Pill is a 21.9 cm long, 680 g bar with a soft-grip silicone back. A removable lanyard comes in the box, and the body tilts the sound upward by 20 degrees. It has a centre button for music and calls, volume buttons, and a system button for power, pairing and the voice assistant.
Inside is a racetrack-shaped woofer and a tweeter in its own housing. Beats says the woofer moves 90% more air than the one in the previous Pill+. Two Pills can be paired, either in Amplify Mode for more volume or in Stereo Mode, which splits left and right. Beats lists no Auracast support.
Battery life is up to 24 hours. A 10-minute charge gives up to 2 hours of playback. Charging is over USB-C, and the Pill can also charge a phone through the same port. A USB-C port also takes a lossless audio input from compatible devices. One-touch pairing works on both iOS and Android, and the speaker supports Find My on iOS and Find My Device on Android. It handles calls and the voice assistant.
In the box: the speaker, the lanyard, a USB-C to USB-C cable, a quick start guide and a warranty card. The mains adapter is sold separately.
We found little owner feedback we could read for this exact model, so we have nothing to report on how it holds up after months of use.
The Pill suits anyone who wants a speaker for the living room, the garden or a trip that lasts a full day without a charger. It works as well with an Android phone as with an iPhone, and the strap and IP67 rating make it easy to carry about. A reviewer at BGR found it best as a pair, so if you want stereo you need to buy two.
Look elsewhere if you want Auracast or party-link support, or a richer app. For a bigger, louder speaker for parties, the JBL Charge 6 is the better fit. For something small enough to clip to a bag, the JBL Go 5 is lighter. For a long battery in a more bassy, stylish speaker, consider the Marshall Emberton III.
Yes. Beats Electronics, which makes the Pill, is a subsidiary of Apple. The Pill still works with Android phones as well as iPhones.
It depends on what you need. The Beats Pill lasts up to 24 hours and has no Auracast, and its app does less than JBL's. The JBL Charge 6 is the bigger, louder choice for gardens and parties.
Up to 24 hours on a charge, according to Beats. A BGR reviewer got about eight hours at near-maximum volume and still had over 40% left, so volume changes the figure.
Plug it into a USB-C power adapter with the USB-C cable in the box. The adapter is sold separately. A 10-minute charge gives up to 2 hours of playback.
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The Beats Pill is a bar-shaped Bluetooth speaker with a carry strap, an IP67 rating and up to 24 hours of battery. 9.2 out of 10.
Every score here comes from our ranking model; no editor sets the order. Too few review sites cover bluetooth speakers for their verdicts to lead, so this ranking is led by owners. It ranks products by how happy owners are, holding back any product few owners have rated until more agree. How many rated it and how new it is only settle close calls, and value for money earns its own badge rather than a higher place. We compared 20 models for this guide before settling on these ten.
Brands can't pay to be included or to move up. We last checked these picks in November 2026.
How we rank, in full