A year on, the Superblast 2 may have finally found a worthy successor. But it’s not the Adizero EVO SL or Nike Vomero Plus, ...

At the heart of both shoes is Asics’ latest midsole foam, FF Turbo Squared. An aliphatic TPU (ATPU), it’s designed to deliver ...

The Blast and Megablast come with a 3-month trial of Amazon Music Unlimited, which was helpful since my music app of choice, Spotify, isn’t yet accessible via voice controls on these speakers.

The Megablast can get loud, with little to no distortion when it really starts pumping out the volume. There’s good bass response, and the higher midrange frequencies are well represented.

Both the Blast and Megablast are slightly larger than the Boom 2 and Megaboom versions, most notably in height and weight. With Alexa onboard, you may end up using them as home-based units more ...

The Megablast gets impressively loud and offers plenty of bass power, even without producing subwoofer-like rumble. The low bass thump in Run The Jewels' "Legend Has It" has lots of punch, while ...

The stereo and "party mode" features are already available in the Blast and Megablast's predecessors, the Boom 2 and the Megaboom -- but those models don't have Alexa support.

The Megablast is $299, the same retail price as the Megaboom. Pick one of six colors, including a fetching neon yellow and a wine-soaked purplish red.

The UE Megablast didn't support Spotify at launch, but thanks to a firmware update from the company it now does. That brings one of the most popular skills to this speaker, so you can play those ...

Strong sneaker sales has Japanese sportswear firm Asics raising full year operating profit guidance to 136 billion yen, one ...

Ultimate Ears may just have this summer's most compelling portable speaker in the UE Megablast: voice activated Alexa, IP67 waterproof, 16-hour battery life and excellent sound with plenty of bass.

The Blast and Megablast may have confusingly similar names to Ultimate Ears' existing speakers, but the feature set is very different. In the newer speakers' favor is Alexa and WiFi streaming.