Bose Home Speaker 300: Bluetooth Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa Built-in, Black

The Bose Home Speaker 300 is a sonic powerhouse in a sleek, space-saving design. The 360° sound fills the room with rich, balanced audio—crisp highs, deep bass, and clear vocals that make everything from jazz to podcasts sound incredible. Setup was quick and intuitive, and the built-in Alexa makes it a seamless addition to my smart home. Voice commands are picked up easily, even with music playing. I love being able to control my lights, check the weather, and queue up playlists hands-free. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity give me flexibility, and the touch controls on top are a nice bonus. Whether I’m winding down or hosting friends, this speaker delivers every time.

I hesitated on purchasing based a lot of the reviews, but I am so glad I decided to give it a try. The only con that I have found with this unit is that it is not portable. If Bose could combine the Home Speaker 300 with the portable features of the Revolve Soundlink, that would be an awesome product! Alexa works wonderfully. The Bose Music app is great, especially to control the volume. We use it mostly for streaming movies in the bedroom and it sounds just as good as our full entertainment system with multiple speakers and surround sound. We also use it when we travel. BT and WiFi Connections are easy and I was able to quickly connect to my favorite music streaming platforms through the app. Because it is Alexa enabled, it works flawlessly with my FireTV. I have NOT noticed any delay with the sound, even when watching action movies. The boom is powerful and I just love telling Alexa to ‘pause’ or ‘mute’ without moving a muscle. And finally, the footprint is small and compliments any decor. It’s small enough to easily move around, you just have to make sure there is an outlet nearby. Oh, and other reviewers indicated that it loses connectivity often, but as long as the speaker is connected to the same Wi-Fi as the device with the Bose Music app, I have not had to reconnect since the initial install. One more thing, the app allows you to easily connect to other Bose speakers (including Soundlink speakers) and create a group.

We purchased this speaker to replace one that I wore out (the bass started to break up). As soon as I set this unit up I was so pleased. The quality of the sound and the clarity of the bass and treble is fantastic. I had one problem in set up. I contacted Bose support. They were wonderful and took all the time necessary. As it turns out the problem was not with Bose, it was with my Apple phone. Note to future buyers - if the phone app does not work as supposed to shut down your phone and start over. The problem I had was my phone! I highly recommend the Bose speaker. One problem ... the speaker ability to play quality sounds at loud volumes far exceeds that which my wife allows me to play. The house walls shake when she is not home!

Almost gets it right. This speaker packs a great deal of punch and the famous Bose bass in its small footprint. Great looking device, very good integrated app (a must have - more on that in a bit), convenient preset features and the ability the stream a wide variety of sources with a goal of Alexa integration. Goal is the operative word - I’d say the Alexa feature works reliably maybe 60% of the time - and this is more than the run of the mill Alexa / voice integration getting it wrong - the Bose simply fails to respond to any voice command, pause, volume, stop, etc, without any rhyme or reason. Say it clearly, say it loudly, say it nearby, it doesn’t make a difference. To remedy this I need either force a change via hitting a preset, changing a station on the app, or even unplugging it. I have tried to do a system update but that hadn’t changed things. The device definitely integrates well with the other Alexa systems in my house and zones, is always available as an option via spotify (one of my main reasons to buy it) but just doesn’t listen. Just like a teenager. There also is a lag in volume after receiving and processing a command and then acting on it. Like the volume on a track stays at a 1 or 2 before resuming at a 4 or 5 while it thinks. Odd. On the plus, the Bose app works really well. Nicely lay out, pulls in multiple sources, and make the thing really work well. And perhaps most important is the famous Bose sound - it’s rich, full, bassy, room-filling, and totally satisfying. It’s a major upgrade from a standard Echo and makes for a great every day speaker. The sound and always available reliable Spotify connection was so good, that I bought the larger 500 for my office. Bottom line - great speaker, great sound, needs work on Alexa integration.

If you've owned earlier versions of any internet of things speakers - you may already have experienced the pain of a incessantly disconnecting speaker. I am pleased to report that these speakers seem to stay connected 99% of the time (which I have so much confidence in - that we put this speaker on a shelf that you need a ladder to get to). We own two now, one at work. The Bose app is WONKY for sure. However, we use this regularly with Spotify and iHeart radio with little issue. Spotify i think runs even when you don't have the device connected which is cool if you don't want the app running in the background of your phone or computer or whatever. Works much better than the bose color soundlink one for sure and is more skookum.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Excellent to do business with HIGHLY RECOMMENDED A+++++

Great sound quality for its size! Needs a strong WiFi signal. I had problems getting it set up originally, and it kept dropping its connection when I finally got it to work. I upgraded my router, and it has worked beautifully since then.

Huge caveat here. I’ve been Boseing for many years and am used to their peccadilloes function wise. In addition, I purchased this solely to be used as a Bluetooth speaker as I have no interest in other functionality from this particular speaker. Having said that, this was typical Bose out of the box experience. The initial connection is consistently something of a problem with Bose. Here, I had no idea I had to download their app in order to set this up even to appear on my Bluetooth list. Having accomplished that, finally, the set up was not as painful as I anticipated and once set up the sound is, as you’d expect, magnificent, robust, large and enjoyable from this small and all things considered, inexpensive little box. I will say that the function buttons u top aren’t very intuitive and hard to know whether they’ve been pushed successfully. No click, no depressive feel when pushed. More hope it worked, than anything, Bottom line, sound is excellent for Bluetooth, which is all I wanted out of this relationship. Edited to Add: I notice that for some reason, the Bluetooth gets interface gets hinky if my source (in my case iPhone) is closer to this Speaker. Odd and annoying, Again, the sound is tremendous, but as with all things Bose, not sure kinks all worked out here. I MUCH PREFER the Soundtouch Series which seems to have been discontinued, so am glad I still have some of those and wish Bose would make those an option for those of us who prefer only Bluetooth interface. Edited again: After a few weeks, hinky isn’t even the description for the Bluetooth interface. More like just doesn’t work consistently. Keeps cutting out over and over again after a connection. Thus my rating drops to one star from four. Again, when operational, the sound is great, but if it cannot even keep a Bluetooth connection then it’s useless. Bose, really? This is unacceptable.

Bose es garantía de calidad en todos los aspectos, principalmente en sonido. Sus acabados, su diseño compacto, su potente sonido y la posibilidad de agruparla con otras bocinas a través de la App Bose Music la hacen una buena opción para escuchar música

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Amazing clarity and bass.Bass and treble set to zero as factory settings.Set it to ur mood from base app to get more bass. Writing after 15 days of use.Alexa is having limited function to music and weather service. Bluetooth connectivity is flawless. Initially software update took longer duration @2hours while app will suggest you @15 minuets. If you are looking for something without battery backup its great purchase.Got it for 20k during sale .Go for it during sale.

Sometimes a little tricky to use with Bose app as it will glitch if the internet drops. Other wise great speaker that sounds fantastic

Its my first Bose product and I was so excited for the same. Thanks to Amazon to deliver the same within 72 hours (delivered in my village). I am very happy with its quality. Sound is amazing and it is beyond my expectation. Alexa setup initially took some time, but finally its configured. Alexa has a bit of lag as compared to echo devices, but it is manageable. I am not able to setup Google Assistant , the option is not available.