How to Pair Ultimate Ears Wonderboom to iPhone

An iPhone in front of the Wonderboom 1.

This post shows how to pair Ultimate Ears Wonderboom to iPhone and iOS devices. First, start with your Ultimate Ears Wonderboom shut OFF (all dark LEDs). Then, follow along to pair it with iPhone.

How to Pair Ultimate Ears Wonderboom to iPhone: Step by Step

1. Visit the Home Screen on your iPhone

First off, press the Home button to get to the Home iPad page. See our Home screen as shown next.

2. Find the Settings App

Secondly, we found ours on the second page of the Home screen.

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

3. Bring up the Settings App

Then, tap the Settings app icon.

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

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

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with How to Pair Ultimate Ears Wonderboom to iPhone

Next, tap the Bluetooth item, as pointed at by the dark 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 Ultimate Ears Wonderboom speaker is currently OFF, it does not show in either the My Devices or Other Devices lists on the tablet yet, Why? Because we’ve not yet paired it with this device before. Plus, the speaker is not yet transmitting its BT connection info. See this scenario, that appears as shown next.

The iPhone 12 Pro Max -Bluetooth Settings- page.

Note in this picture that there’s no Ultimate Ears Wonderboom speaker appears yet.

5. Turn On your Ultimate Ears Wonderboom

Turn on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power button. See this button, circled in green, in the next picture.

The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom top view. Showing the dark -Power- button.

The speaker then comes on.

The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom powered ON. Showing the glowing -Power- button.

6. Put your Ultimate Ears Wonderboom in Pairing Mode

Now, to see your Ultimate Ears Wonderboom speaker on your iPhone, place the WB into BT pairing mode. For that, press and release the Bluetooth button, as circled in the next picture.

The -Bluetooth- button.

When you press this Pairing button, the speaker makes a distinctive sound several times. Plus, a lamp in this button starts rapidly flashing white. See this in the last picture above.

7. Find Your Ultimate Ears Wonderboom on your iPhone

See the picture next. We found ours, as pointed out with the dark blue arrow next.

iPhone Bluetooth page, showing the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom as discovered But not paired.

8. Pair with your Ultimate Ears Wonderboom

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

Your iPhone then pairs with the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom (appears as “WONDERBOOM” in this demo).

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

iPhone Bluetooth page, Showing the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom as Connected.

Note that the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom speaker now appears as connected, as circled inside the green oval in the last picture.

9. Done with How to Pair Ultimate Ears Wonderboom to iPhone !

We have now successfully paired our Ultimate Ears Wonderboom Bluetooth speaker with our iOS device like the iPhone. Audio output from that source device now plays on this wireless speaker, which is what you want. The same happens with most other Bluetooth devices.