Of all of the iPhone options Apple has upgraded through the years—from the digicam to the display screen to the software program—the built-in speaker stays disappointing at finest. A great pair of headphones solves that downside, however so does Scosche’s new BoomCanMS Portable Speaker, a tiny Bluetooth boombox that secures itself to trendy iPhones by way of the MagSafe connection on the again.

It’s not that Apple doesn’t care about how good the iPhone’s built-in audio system sound. The speaker on the iPhone 13 sounds a lot better than it did on the unique mannequin launched again in 2007. It’s simply that how a speaker sounds is totally depending on how a lot air it might probably transfer, and the tiny speaker on a smartphone won’t ever have the ability to compete with the audio system you’ll discover on even hockey puck-sized sensible audio system, not to mention the audio system that include a house theater encompass sound equipment.

Basic physics are working towards how good the iPhone by itself can sound, however for $45, the Scosche BoomCanMS is a straightforward solution to improve the iPhone’s acoustic capabilities in the event you adamantly refuse to put on headphones. With Bluetooth 5.0, it doesn’t hook up with an iPhone fairly as effortlessly as AirPods do, however you possibly can pair it in iOS Settings. Scosche guarantees 5 hours of listening time on a cost, and the BoomCanMS will also be used as an upgraded speaker cellphone in the event you’ve obtained a room full of individuals attempting to pay attention to a name. A pair of BoomCanMS audio system will also be wirelessly related for true stereo sound, however just one can magnetically piggyback on an iPhone at a time.

The BoomCanMS can also be rated IPX7, which suggests it might probably simply survive a dunk in water as much as a meter deep for half an hour, however don’t count on it to pump out your tunes in the event you determine to take it snorkeling. If you occur to drop it and your cellphone into a rest room, nonetheless, you don’t must stress in regards to the speaker dying afterwards.

The MagSafe speaker is available in black or white and shall be in the stores someday this spring.