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Tammy Rogers

Wi-Fi vs Bluetooth — which is better for streaming music to your soundbar

The jbl bar 1300x a black soundbar with HDMI ports, two surround channel speakers, a subwoofer wirelessly connected.

One of the best soundbars is often the center of a family home audio system. After all, you've already got it for watching TV, enjoying movies, and adding more fidelity to your favorite video games, so what's really the point of buying another set of speakers for listening to music?

Most soundbars will have either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth — or both — to make it easy to stream music from, say, Spotify or Tidal on your phone, no wires needed. But which should you use?

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