Stuff - UK (2020-04)

TESTED HUAWEI SOUND X

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Q On hand

Move your hand towards

the controls and motion

sensors will kick in to

illuminate them – handy

in a dark room. Tapping

the mic button sends

all of them red, and lights

up the LED ring in the

same colour.

Q On tap

The top of the speaker

is home to an LED

touchscreen display.

It features four controls:

volume up, volume down,

microphone mute, and an

ellipsis button for entering

Bluetooth pairing mode

with a long tap.

Q On the quiet

You can also mute the

speaker using gesture

controls – simply place

your hand on the top

of the Sound X and it’ll

quieten down, which

works a treat if you need

to hear something in the

background.

Q On call

A multicoloured LED

ring encircles the touch

controls and is there

to acknowledge voice

commands or reflect a

change in volume – but

only when using the

touch controls, not your

smart device.

Just because it’s speaking Mandarin, that doesn’t

mean you can’t navigate the Huawei Sound X

Output power 65W

Drivers 6x 1.5in full-range, 2x 3.5in

subwoofers Mics 6x far-field

Connectivity Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC

Dimensions 203x165x165mm, 3.5kg

STUFF SAYS ++++,

A big dose of Devialet

audio engineering at an

affordable price... even

if it’s in need of some

elocution lessons

Alright, me old China?

Te c h s p e c s

With the appropriate voice smarts for this

region, the Huawei Sound X might well become

the best smart speaker in its price range. At

the moment it doesn’t possess them, but that

still makes this a sonically brilliant standalone

Bluetooth speaker, backed by Devialet expertise, for

Apple HomePod money. @James_A_Day

Water feeling

Devialet’s 360° sound is provided

by six full-range drivers (3) plus

those woofers, with ‘push-push’

tech cancelling out unwanted

vibrations while preserving the

bass. To prove this, Huawei says

if you put a glass of water on top

it’ll remain completely still. We

tried it and it works.

Spray it loud

The sound is colossal – distinctly

more expansive than that of the

HomePod. It’s physically bigger,

but so is the audio experience.

Bass is controlled, allowing the

other frequencies to breathe and

exposing plenty of detail. It’s pure

head-nod territory – Devialet has

worked wonders.

Off the wall

You can adjust the

sound profile based on

whether you decide to

place the Sound X in the

middle of a room or

up against a wall.