Beats Introduces Next-Gen Bluetooth Speaker for November Availability

Apple’s Beats by Dr. Dre brand bowed the Beats Pill+ Bluetooth speaker Wednesday. The portable speaker was designed to be small enough for travel but powerful enough to deliver the emotion of the music, said Beats President Luke Wood. The speaker is slightly larger than the Beats Pill, whose sales have topped 1 million units since launch in 2012, said the company. Beats Pill+, with an active two-way crossover system, has a 12-hour battery life tracked by a “fuel gauge” and can be charged in three hours using a Lightning cable and power supply. Two Pill+ speakers can be synched for stereo playback, said the company. The $229 speaker is due in stores next month.