MARCH 2020 MACWORLD 115(Anker claims an ingress
protection rating of IPX7,
meaning the speaker can
withstand being immersed
in up to a meter of water for
30 minutes), the Motion+
features a black aluminum
grille that reveals its twin
tweeters and woofers
flanking a large passive
radiator. The wedge-like
design of the Motion+’s
enclosure aims its drivers at
about a 15-degree angle
relative to the surface on which the
speaker is sitting, so the music is directed
at your ears and not your chest. The
rubberized sides and back of the speaker
feel reassuringly rugged, although they
also accumulate oily fingerprints.
The Motion+’s power button is on the
right side of the speaker, while the
USB-C charging port and a 3.5mm
analog audio input sit just beneath,
securely hidden by a water-tight rubber
flap. (A USB-C charging cable and an
audio cable are both included.) You’ll
find buttons along the top of the
speakers for volume, Bluetooth pairing,
and the speaker’s bass-boosting
“BassUp” features (which I’ll get to in a
moment).
A button in the center of the
speaker—between the volume-down
and volume-up buttons—performs a
variety of functions depending on whether
you press it once, press it multiple times,
or hold it down for a few seconds. Press
the button once, for example, to play and
pause your music or to answer a call on
your Bluetooth-connected cellphone (inThe rubberized shell of the Anker Soundcore Motion+ (seen
here with its embedded playback controls) feels reassuringly
rugged, but it also attracts oily fingerprints.A rubber flap with a watertight seal hides a USB-C
charging port and a 3.5mm analog audio input.