Front right view of the JBL Xtreme 2 Bluetooth speaker.

How to Connect JBL Speaker to iPhone

This post shows how to connect JBL speaker to iPhone.

How to Connect JBL Speaker to iPhone: Step by Step

We’ll run this illustration with a JBL Flip 4.  So, with the speaker OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to connect it to your iPhone.  We use an iPad Air tablet for this demo since we do not have an iPhone to get screenshots from.  But the setup pages are about the same. So, the routine is virtually the same.

1. Bring Up the   Home   Screen on your iPhone

Firstly, press the   Home   button to reveal the iPhone’s   Home  screen.

2. Find the  Settings  App

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

Picture of an iOS Home page showing the -Settings- app.
iOS 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, as shown in the next step.

4. Go to the  Bluetooth Settings    Page to Continue with How to Connect JBL Speaker to iPhone

Our Bluetooth settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is running here. But since speaker is currently OFF, it does not appear in the devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with this iOS device before.  See this in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices next.

Screenshot of the Bluetooth devices list. Note that there's no JBL speaker.
The Bluetooth devices list. Note that there’s no JBL speaker.

 

5. Turn On your JBL Speaker

You turn on most JBL speakers by quickly pressing its   Power   button. See this circled in green for our example, in the next picture.

Picture of a JBL speaker turned OFF, showing the dark -Power- button.
A JBL speaker turned OFF, showing the dark -Power- button.

The speaker then powers up.

But since the iPhone would not know about this speaker, the connecting will not happen automatically. The light that comes on in the power switch denotes this not-paired state by glowing solid white, as shown next.

Picture of the speaker powered ON, showing the glowing -Power- button.
The speaker powered ON, showing the glowing -Power- button.

6. Put your JBL Bluetooth Speaker into Pairing Mode

Then, to see your JBL speaker on your iPhone, place it into Bluetooth discovery mode (a.k.a. Pairing Mode). So to do that, press and release the Bluetooth button, as shown in the next picture.

Picture of the -Bluetooth- button.
The -Bluetooth- button.

When you press the   Bluetooth Discovery Mode   button, the speaker makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound several times. Also, the  Power   button changes from a solid white glow to flashing blue. See this next.

Picture of the JBL speaker in Bluetooth discovery mode. Showing the -Power- button flashing blue.
The JBL speaker in Bluetooth discovery mode. Showing the -Power- button flashing blue.

7. Find your JBL Flip 4 on your Phone to Continue with How to Connect JBL Speaker to iPhone

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

Back to the screenshot of the -Bluetooth Settings- screen, now showing -Tom's Flip 4- discovered but not paired yet.
Back to the -Bluetooth Settings- screen, now showing -Tom’s Flip 4- discovered but not paired yet.

8. Next, Connect with your JBL Speaker

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

Your iPhone then pairs with the speaker (“Tom’s Flip 4” in this example). The iPhone’s    Bluetooth Settings    screen then changes to look something like the following.

Screenshot of the JBL speaker -Tom's Flip 4- now connected.
The JBL speaker -Tom’s Flip 4- now connected.

9. Done with How to Connect JBL Speaker to iPhone !

Finally, you have now successfully paired your speaker with an iPhone. So you can now play music and talk on calls through some models.

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References

    1. JBL Speaker Official Product Page