George 5
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Not very useful. App was able to find my JBL Bar 5.1 Surround. It seemed stuck for a while, luckily I was watching the display on the soundbar and figured it was updating the firmware. App also let me add the soundbar to my Alexa speakers. But that's about it, app doesn't let me control the soundbar in any way - volume, settings... nothing. So, as its name says, only useful for setup. Edited
Leek 60
Friday, January 6, 2023
This app is useless. It never connects the soundbar to my home wireless network; it just spins endlessly. I tried clearing the app cache and reinstalling it, forgot all my wireless networks, created a new wireless network on an isolated VLAN with no firewall, 2.4GHz versus 5GHz, connecting via the Google Home app.. and still it sits there and spins, mocking me. Now my new soundbar broadcasts its own Wi-Fi network for all my neighbors to see, and I can't do anything about it. Thanks a bunch!
Dave Lux 20
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Same experience as others. App is totally useless / stuck in a loop when trying to connect. I tried connecting to the JBL Wi-Fi, even with airplane mode on ruling out network gateway issues with 5G, and nada. I'll try plugging it in via Ethernet later when I have time, and seeing if I can connect directly to the IP address it gets assigned on my LAN. Will report back if / when I find a workaround.
Michael McMonagle 15
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Truly a piece of junk app. Attempted to connect to speaker via three different android devices and app never seems to recognize JBL wifi network. After two hours and relentless persistence.. Resetting, pressing random combinations of buttons on soundbar, unplugging, etc; I saw that I had to put the volume to 0 (zero), at that time, the "setup wifi" displayed and I was finally able to connect through the app. Edited
Ian Talbot 37
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Disappointing I didn't buy the soundbar to have it work with this app, but after months of waiting to see if the devs would fix the app nothing has happened. It's like the app is stuck in a loop when it asks for you to connect to wifi. I'm no authority on app writing, but it seems like a simple fix, if that's the only problem. Again the sound bar itself is amazing, however this app is completely pointless with its connection problems.
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