How to Connect JBL Charge 2 Plus to iPhone

An iPhone in front of the JBL Charge 2 Plus wireless speaker.

This post shows how to connect a JBL Charge 2 Plus to iPhone. Playing music from the phone on such a speaker often gives a fuller, overall better sound to the music. Thus, our interest in doing this here.

How to Connect JBL Charge 2 Plus to iPhone: Step by Step

With your Charge 2 Plus powered OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to connect it with your iPhone.

The Power button on the JBL Charge 2 Plus.

1. Navigate to the Home Screen on the iPhone

At the lock screen, swipe up from the bottom to bring up the phone’s Home screen. Shown next.

2. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the home screen, shown next.

iPhone -Home- screen showing the -Settings- app.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

The -Settings- page, showing the -Bluetooth- option.

The phone then displays the first page of its settings, as we see.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Page to Continue with How to Connect JBL Charge 2 Plus to iPhone

Tap the Bluetooth item. Our Bluetooth screen then displays, similar to the following.

The iPhone -Bluetooth- page.

Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. If yours shows as OFF, then move the switch item to the ON position as ours is in the last picture.

Now since JBL speaker is currently powered OFF, it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with this iPhone before.

5. Turn On your Charge 2 Plus

Turn on this unit by quickly pressing its Power button. The speaker then boots and that button starts glowing as we see next.

The glowing -Power- button on the JBL Charge 2 Plus.

The speaker then powers up and makes a bl-up sound.

But since the iPhone does not know about this speaker, the 2 Plus will not pair with it automatically. The Pairing light denotes this not-paired state either staying dark or fast flashing white.

6. Put your JBL Charge 2 Plus into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see your 2 Plus on your mobile device, place it into pairing mode. To do that, press and release the Pairing button. That button then starts fast blinking if it isn’t already. Plus, the speaker also makes a repeating sequence of beeps.

7. Find your Speaker on your Phone to Continue with How to Connect JBL Charge 2 Plus to iPhone

See the screen shot next. We found our speaker, as pointed at by the dark blue arrow.

The JBL Charge 2 Plus shows as Discovered on the iPhone.

8. Next, Connect with your 2 Plus

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth devices list.

Your iPhone then connects with the Charge (named “JBL Charge 2+” in this scenario). Then, the phone’s Bluetooth screen changes to look something like the following.

The JBL Charge 2 Plus showing as Connected.

9. Done with How to Connect JBL Charge 2 Plus to iPhone !

We have now successfully joined this BT speaker with the phone. Similar routines work with pairing iPod Touch players, iPad Pros, and any iPhones as well so long as they support Bluetooth. Pairing with Android devices works like this too.