First, the good news. The hardware - the speaker itself is fine. Now...the not so good. This application is well beneath the quality level I’d expect from Creative Labs. The problems are numerous. 1. The app seems to lose connection to the device (speaker) frequently - despite never being more than 6’ from the phone. The iPhone will indicate Bluetooth is still connected, yet control functions through the app are unavailable. 2. The hardware supports 128Gb USB flash, but when plugging the USB drive in, the app could not index the USB flash drives contents. As the FLASH drive is a exFAT formatted drive with a relatively simple file system, not sure what the problem was there. 3. Control features like equalization, etc. were cludgy and not easy to find. Once found, they appeared greyed out, and only upon tapping into a specific section did that function “light up” and become accessible. I hate using terms like “garbage”, “trash”, and “junk” in a review - particularly of software, as those terms do not help the developers address the issues. I bought this speaker based upon the manufacturer’s description of the features rich application available for my iPhone that controls it. Creative Labs severely misrepresented this application. This app failed to meet my expectations in many ways, and is far beneath the standard Creative has set with their PC products - both hardware and software.
I needed this app to be a smarter remote control for my speaker as I have gradually moved away form other OS required to setup the sound bar and EQ it. The app is very roughy, connecting initially is confusing and interface is confusing. But it still does the job I set out to do (I don’t play music from my phone on the speaker), use it as a remote control.
I’ve only had the app for less than a day and it’s already crashed to the Home Screen. Creative’s hardware products are incredible. But this app hasn’t been updated in three years and is all but abandonware.
the speaker itself is amazing (iroar go) but this app makes some of the most desirable features null points. The app continuously loses connection with the speaker despite still having a bluetooth connection
I’ve used Soundblaster products for over a decade and this app is the worst thing they’ve ever done. The hardware works fine but this thing won’t even load. What a disappointment.
Sound Blaster Connect lets you control your Creative product easily from your mobile device. Access your favorite music from different sources including microSD card and switch audio sources wirelessly. Depending on the product connected, you can also configure and personalize your audio settings, or record sound onto the microSD card. Works With: - Creative Outlier ONE Plus - Sound BlasterX Katana - Creative Chrono - Creative iRoar Go - Creative MUVO 2 - Creative MUVO 2c Notes: - Some features mentioned are product specific, refer to its user manual for details. - This app does not work with Creative MUVO, MUVO mini, iRoar, Sound Blaster Roar, Roar 2, or Roar Pro.
