Picture of an iPhone in front of a Megaboom 3 speaker.

How to Connect Megaboom 3 to iPhone

This post shows how to connect a Megaboom 3 BT speaker to an iPhone and other iOS devices such as an iPod Touch and iPad. Start with your speaker shut OFF (all dark LEDs). Then, follow along to connect it with iPhone.

How to Connect a Megaboom 3 Speaker to an iPhone

1. Visit the Home Screen on your iPhone

Press the Home button to get to the  Home   iPad page.  See our  Home  screen as shown next.

2. Find the   Settings   App

We found ours on the second page of the  Home  screen.

The -Settings- app icon on the iPhone -Home- screen.
iPhone -Home- screen showing the -Settings- app.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

The iPhone then displays the first page of its  Settings  screen, as shown in the next screenshot

Screenshot of the -Bluetooth- option on the iPhone -Settings- page.
iPhone -Settings- page, showing the -Bluetooth- option.

4. Go to the  Bluetooth Settings  Page to Continue with How to Connect Megaboom 3 to iPhone

Tap the  Bluetooth  item, as pointed at by the green arrow in the last screenshot above.

Our  Bluetooth Settings screen then appears as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is switched ON here. But since the speaker is currently OFF, it does not show in either the  My Devices  or  Other Devices lists on the tablet yet,  Why?  Because we have yet to connect it with this device for the first time.  Plus, the speaker is not yet transmitting its Bluetooth connection info. See this scenario, that appears as shown next.

Screenshot of the Bluetooth page in iPhone settings.
The Bluetooth page in iPhone settings.

Note in this picture that no Megaboom 3 appears yet.





5. Power On your Megaboom 3

Turn on the unit by quickly pressing its  Power  button. See this button, pointed out in the next picture.

Picture of the Power button on the Megaboom 3 speaker.
The Power button on the Megaboom 3 speaker.

The speaker then comes on.

Picture of the Power button glowing on the UE Megaboom 3 BT speaker.
The Power button glowing on the Megaboom 3 BT speaker.

6. Put your Megaboom 3 into Pairing Mode

Now, to see the speaker on your iPhone, place it into BT discovery mode. For that, press and hold the Bluetooth button as circled in the next picture, until the rising plunks sound.

Picture of the glowing Pairing button on the Megaboom 3.
The glowing Pairing button on the Megaboom 3.

Indeed the speaker makes a distinctive noise twice. Plus, a lamp in this button starts quickly flashing white. See this in the last picture above.

7. Find your Megaboom 3 on your iPhone

See the picture next. We found ours, as pointed out in green.

Screenshot of the iPhone Bluetooth page, showing the Megaboom 3 as discovered but not connected.
The iPhone Bluetooth page, showing the Megaboom 3 as discovered but not connected.

8. Connect with your Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the  Other Devices  section of the  Bluetooth Devices  list, shown above.

Your iPhone then connects with the speaker (appears as “MEGABOOM 3” in this demo).

The  Bluetooth Settings  screen then changes to display something like the following.

Screenshot of the iPhone Bluetooth page, showing the Megaboom 3 as Connected.
The iPhone Bluetooth page, showing the Megaboom 3 as Connected.

Note that the speaker now appears as connected, as pointed out in the last picture.

9. Done with How to Connect Megaboom 3 to an iPhone !

Lastly, we have now successfully connected this Bluetooth speaker with the test  iPhone.  Audio output from that source device now plays on the Megaboom 3.

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References for How to Connect a Megaboom 3 to iPhone

    1. Megaboom 3 Speaker Product Page, Official, at UltimateEars.com
    2. Apple iPhone Official Product Page at apple.com

Revisions Log

    • 2022-09-15: First posted.