They say hello
The very first time, your phone and BoomBrix introduce themselves and agree to be partners. That is called pairing. After that, they remember each other. Pairing does not play music — it just makes them friends.
Lesson 04
Bluetooth sends invisible messages
Your phone does not send sound to BoomBrix. It sends instructions — invisible radio messages that tell BoomBrix exactly how to wiggle.
Make a prediction
Bluetooth Message Lab
One parcel gets stuck on the way. Will the music stop, or keep playing?
Tiny parcels fly across
The song becomes numbers. The numbers get packed into hundreds of tiny parcels called packets. Radio waves carry the parcels across the room.
BoomBrix rebuilds the song
BoomBrix keeps a few parcels waiting in a short line, so the music never hiccups if one shows up late. Then it turns the numbers back into electricity for the speaker.
Hear it for yourself.
Everything you just learned happens inside BoomBrix, the speaker that snaps onto your builds.