Picture of the JBL Charge 3 portable rechargeable speaker. Showing its left end. This Bluetooth speaker is powered on and paired.

Finding JBL Charge 3 Firmware Version

Here, we show how finding JBL Charge 3 firmware version is done on this Bluetooth speaker. Now you may wish to know the exact version number, while troubleshooting speaker connection and other problems. Thus, to get the release info of the firmware installed on your Charge 3, you’ll need a mobile device with Bluetooth, the JBL Connect+ app installed on that device. Plus, you’ll also need the Charge 3 speaker itself. Displaying the currently installed firmware version takes less than a minute.

Finding JBL Charge 3 Firmware Version, Without Connect App

First step: Power on the speaker.

Picture of the JBL Charge 3 powered off. Showing the dark -Power- button. — The JBL Charge 3 powered off. Showing the dark -Power- button.

Next, once the speaker boots, press the Connect and Volume DOWN buttons at the same time. See these buttons shown next.

Picture of the -Volume DOWN-, and -Connect- buttons. — The -Volume DOWN-, and -Connect- buttons.

Then after a brief pause, the speaker announces the digits of the firmware version currently installed in a female voice. Our said, “7 3 0”. This agrees with the version we see in the app, in the next section.

Finding JBL Charge 3 Firmware Version, with the Connect App

First, connect your mobile device to the internet and install the JBL Connect app if not done already.

Next, power up your speaker.

Then, pair your mobile device with it.

Picture of the speaker powered on and paired with the -Power- button glowing blue. — The speaker powered on and paired with the -Power- button glowing blue.

Finally, you are now ready to visit the speaker information screen within the JBL Connect+ app, where the currently installed firmware release number is shown for your JBL speaker.

1. Find the JBL Connect App on your Mobile Device

We found ours on the fourth home page in our Apple iPad Air, as shown next.

Screenshot of iOS home screen, showing the JBL Connect app. — iOS home screen, showing the JBL Connect app.

2. Run the JBL Connect App

The app takes a few seconds to show you some pretty animations when you first start it, as shown next.

Screenshot of the JBL Connect app, displaying its splash screen. — The JBL Connect app, displaying its splash screen.

But then it finds your paired JBL Charge 3 and shows you its status (Home) screen, as we show next.

Screenshot of The JBL Charge 3 Home screen in the app, showing the Settings button. — The JBL Charge 3 Home screen in the app, showing the Settings button.

3. Tap the Settings Button

This is the gear shaped object at the bottom center of the screen, as pointed at in the last picture above by the dark purple arrow.

Furthermore, tapping the gear button then brings up the speaker’s Settings screen, as shown next.

Screenshot of the JBL Charge 3 -Settings- page in the Connect app, showing the -Information- button. — The JBL Charge 3 -Settings- page in the Connect app, showing the -Information- button.

4. Tap the Information Button

Next, find this in the top left corner of the Settings screen. It’s the little circle with the letter I inside.

So, tapping this button brings up the paired JBL Charge 3 Information screen, as we see next.

Screenshot of the information screen, displaying the currently installed firmware version on the speaker. — The information screen, displaying the currently installed firmware version on the speaker.

Now on this page, we see that the firmware version currently running on our JBL Charge 3 speaker is 7.3.0.0.

5. Done with Finding JBL Charge 3 Firmware Version !

Finally, we have now successfully learned what the currently installed firmware version is on our paired JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth speaker. A similar procedure works too for other models of JBL Bluetooth speakers that are compatible with the JBL Connect app.

To wrap up then, once you have the firmware version information, you can close the JBL Connect Plus app, unless of course, you have something else to do in there.

Disclaimers

Finally, the above comments apply to the JBL Charge 3 speaker firmware version 7.3.0 and Connect app version 4.2.29 for iOS. Note that the app version shown next is different from the speaker firmware version. So be sure not to confuse the two.

Screenshot of the JBL Connect app on iOS, displaying its version number, 4.1.29. — JBL Connect app on iOS, displaying its version number, 4.1.29.

References for Finding JBL Charge 3 Firmware Version

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Tom Hesley

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