Here, we give JBL Pulse 3 firmware update instructions for this popular Bluetooth and light show speaker. The process can take around ten minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection, source device used to update the speaker, distance between speaker and that device, and so on. Plus, the update cannot be rolled back once done. That is, you’ll be unable to return to the prior firmware version after you finish this upgrade. So, be certain that you indeed want the firmware update, and have considered all ramifications before proceeding.
You’ll need the following items:
Next, do the following preparations…
We connected ours to an AC outlet using a common USB power adapter, as well as a common micro USB to USB-A cable. E.g. See this in the next picture.
We found ours on the fourth home page in our Apple iPad Air, as shown next.
The app takes some seconds to find the Pulse 3. During that time, it shows you some pretty animations when you first start it.
But eventually, it locates your paired JBL Pulse 3 Bluetooth speaker and displays its status screen, as pictured next.
If the speaker does not appear in the app after thirty seconds or so, move it closer to your mobile device. Next, close the Connect app, and then run it again.
Note the red dot on the Settings button, as pointed at by the green arrow in the next picture. This means that there are important messages about this speaker pending for your to read and act upon.
Note that if there are no current messages or firmware updates available for this speaker, then you will see no red dot, as shown next.
Tapping the Settings gear brings up the first JBL Pulse 3 Upgrade screen, as we see next.
This screen offers details about the available firmware update, via the What’s New? link.
Next, tap the Upgrade button. See this orange bar in the last screenshot picture, pointed at by the green arrow.
Next, if you didn’t connect your speaker to external power yet, you may get the following screen, which asks you to do so at this time.
But if you did plug in your Pulse 3, you won’t see the above prompt, and the system will start updating the speaker’s onboard firmware. So in that case, skip forward to Step 8.
If you didn’t before, you must plug in the speaker now, to continue with the update.
Then, once you connect the speaker, the I Followed the Instructions bar should become available, turning orange, as seen next.
Tap that orange bar, and the update will then start.
The firmware update then begins, as we see in the following screenshots.
Now as shown in these screenshots, the JBL Connect app displays a round progress bar, that gradually gets more orange as the firmware update proceeds.
We’re probably about five minutes into the update now.
The next screen shows that the firmware file transfer and update to the speaker have almost finished (99 percent done). E.g. The progress bar is practically all orange now.
Once the app copies the update to the speaker, you get the Restarting screen, as shown next. This is when the Pulse 3 installs the firmware package. Thus, this screen warns that our speaker will restart automatically. Plus, it also asks us not to unplug the speaker and to keep it close to our mobile device as it runs the update.
After the speaker restarts, the app displays the Upgrade Successful page, as we see next.
Press the Power button on the back of the unit, just above and between the Pairing and Volume UP buttons, to turn this Bluetooth speaker on again, as pictured next.
The Pulse 3 should again pair with your mobile device where you’re running the JBL Connect app. The Power button turns solid white and the Pairing button also glows steadily white once the speaker has again linked to your mobile device.
With your speaker successfully paired to the JBL Connect app again, press the orange OK button, as shown in the last screenshot.
The app then displays the JBL Pulse 3 home screen once again. But this time, note that there’s no longer the red notification dot, as shown next. This means that the firmware update succeeded and that the speaker is now running the current firmware version.
You’re now successfully updated the firmware to the current version in your JBL Pulse 3 Bluetooth speaker. Enjoy the new features.
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