JBL Go 3 Buttons

The JBL Go 3 small and portable Bluetooth speaker has a few buttons on the top and sides. Plus, there’s one lamp on the right side, and one port on the left side. The lamp lights in two colors and flashing patterns to show speaker pairing and battery charge status. In this guide, we explain … Continue reading JBL Go 3 Buttons



JBL Go 3 Firmware Update

Covers the JBL Go 3 mini Bluetooth speaker firmware update instructions.  However, we know of no way to upgrade the software on this particular speaker. Why not?  Because we find  no firmware downloads for this unit on the JBL web site.  Plus, we find no details for this in the included manuals. So it’s likely … Continue reading JBL Go 3 Firmware Update



How to Bass Boost JBL Go 3

Currently we know of no way to boost bass output the JBL Go 3 Bluetooth speaker via the speaker controls themselves. But if this were possible, it would make the speaker vibrate much more.  It would also add a louder bass quality to the playing content. Thus if JBL ever added this, it could work … Continue reading How to Bass Boost JBL Go 3



JBL Go 3 Battery Indicator

The JBL Go 3 has a single LED on the right side panel, as we show in the following pictures.  This displays battery status, whether it’s draining or charging, or whether it’s critically low or not when discharging.  But it does not read out charging progress, or how full the battery is at a given … Continue reading JBL Go 3 Battery Indicator



How to Know if JBL Go 3 is Fully Charged

Here, we explain how to know if the JBL Go 3 is fully charged. That way you get maximum playing time from it when you take it outside. But though the unit has no battery gauge per se, you can still tell if the battery is at full charge by observing the speaker status lamp … Continue reading How to Know if JBL Go 3 is Fully Charged



How to Put JBL Go 3 in Pairing Mode

To put the JBL Go 3 in pairing mode, first turn on this BT speaker.  Then press and release the Bluetooth button.  Next, listen for the pairing musical notes and see the status light start flashing.  The unit is now in pairing mode.  And for a detailed explanation of how to do this, see below. … Continue reading How to Put JBL Go 3 in Pairing Mode



How to Check JBL Go 3 Battery

To check battery on the JBL Go 3 speaker, the status lamp tells about the whole story.  If it’s not blinking red, you still have an hour or so of play time left before absolute deadness ensues. More details follow… How to Check JBL Go 3 Battery – How Much Charge is Left 1. First, … Continue reading How to Check JBL Go 3 Battery



JBL Go 3 Pairing

In short, the JBL Go 3 pairing routine goes as follows.  Turn on the speaker.  next, put it in pairing mode.  Turn Bluetooth ON, in the source device you want to pair.  Move the speaker close to this device, and then look for the JBL Go 3 in the new devices list.  Finally, tap that … Continue reading JBL Go 3 Pairing



JBL Go 3 Charging Time

You charge JBL Go 3 Bluetooth speaker via its USB-C charge port. And to get the shortest charging time and fullest charge when the JBL Go 3 runs low on battery power, be sure to use at least a medium current USB charger. Details follow. JBL Go 3 Charging Time: How Long to Fully Recharge … Continue reading JBL Go 3 Charging Time



JBL Go 3 Watts

The JBL Go 3 is a low power, hand-held style speaker with still enough watts to fill a small room with decent sounding tunes. It provides 4.2 watts of RMS audio output power.  So it’s plenty loud enough for personal use either indoors or outdoors. But what do the watts a speaker has, tell us … Continue reading JBL Go 3 Watts