116 MACWORLD MARCH 2020
PLAYLIST REVIEW: ANKER SOUNDCORE MOTION+You can fiddle
with the Anker
Soundcore
Motion+’s EQ
settings using
the Soundcore
mobile app.effect, turning the Motion+ into a
speakerphone). Hold the button down for
a couple of seconds and you’ll summon
Siri or Google Assistant on your iPhone or
Android phone respectively. Hold the
button for more than three seconds, and
you can sync the Motion+ to a second
Motion+ to create a left/right stereo pair.
FEATURES AND
FUNCTIONALITY
Besides its Bluetooth 5.0 support, the
Soundcore Motion+ also features the aptX
audio codec, which can deliver near-CD-
quality sound—provided the device you’re
streaming music from also supports aptX.
Support for that codec is relatively
common on Android phones, but you
won’t find support for it on any iOS device
(although MacBooks do support it). That’s
unfortunate, as we like aptX (and we like
aptX HD even more).
If you want to tinker with the Motion+’s
EQ, you can do so using the Soundcore
mobile app. Once the app connects to the
speaker, you can switch between six EQ
presets or fiddle with the app’s nine
equalizer sliders.
One of the EQ presets is called
“BassUp,” which is the name of Anker’s
bass-boosting audio technology. We’ll
cover the Motion+’s BassUp performance
in a moment; for now, just know that you
can toggle the BassUp mode using either
the Soundcore app or by pressing the
BassUp button on the top of the speaker.
The Soundcore app also lets you adjust
the Motion+’s automatic power-off feature,
which you can set for five minutes, 10
minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour. That’s a
nice feature, but those are the only settings
available. There’s no sleep timer, either.PERFORMANCE
The Anker Soundcore Motion+ did a good
job of filling my living room with sound
given its size, particularly when I placed it
on the floor; indeed, connected to my