Huawei Sound review

If you're not looking for a smart speaker and can push through the quirky user experience - to put it lightly - then the Huawei Sound is a bassy powerhouse at an affordable price.

Astonishing bass; Crisp treble; Hi-Res Audio support; Affordable price;

Smart features unusable; Confusing user experience; Limited control over sound; Suits certain genres;

Huawei Sound review: Does it deliver sound with soul?

This wired-only Bluetooth speaker is largely at odds with what people will want from such a product: there's limited connectivity, limitations to bass output, and for a Devialet-engineered speaker it doesn't have as cohesive and complete an audio output as we'd expect. Really there are just too many other smarter options that exist to counter Huawei's foray into the speaker market.

More verve to its sound than many portable speakers - especially with treble; Affordable asking price - it's been discounted from day one; Striking design;

Mains wired only - and there's a large transformer brick; Not a smart speaker - no voice and app doesn't function; Bluetooth only - no Wi-Fi (or AirPlay); Can't deliver lowest of bass;