JBL Flip 5

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Wireless speaker | £100 | whf.cm/Flip5

Bluetooth speakers have never been more prevalent in our homes or at social gatherings. Driver-bearing cylinders, oblongs and cuboids now jump from concept, to factory lines, to our laps, with increasing regularity – and ever more impressive spec sheets.

So we’re surprised to discover that JBL’s Flip 5 arrives with fewer features than its predecessor, the Flip 4. Gone is the analogue aux-in port for wired listening, for example. That’s not a huge issue – wireless is clearly the way forward in 2020 – but JBL has also axed the microphone for access to your chosen voice assistant or speakerphone duties.

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