# Quick Q&A Session: How to Connect Yarbo Speaker? šŸŽ¶ **URL:** \ **Category:** Software Issues\ **Tags:** yarbo-speaker\ **Created:** [March 5, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66 "2025-03-05T03:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yarbo-Forum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/yarbo-forum/32/126_2.png) [@Yarbo-Forum](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Yarbo-Forum)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/1 "2025-03-05T03:26:27Z")
Wondering how to connect your **Yarbo Speaker**? Letā€™s walk you through the steps! When you first use the app, it automatically connects your rover to your Bluetooth device. Usually, youā€™ll start with ā€œAdd Your Yarboā€ and ā€œSelect Your Yarbo Modelā€ to control the rover. But what about connecting the **Yarbo Speaker**? Hereā€™s a quick guide to help you set it up: 1. Press and hold the power button on your **Yarbo** for 3-4 seconds. 2. When the rear lights flash blue, **Yarbo** enters pairing mode. 3. Go to your phoneā€™s Bluetooth settings and scan for ā€œ **Yarbo Music** ā€ to connect. 4. Click ā€œ **Pair** ā€ when the Bluetooth Pairing Request pops up, and youā€™re all set! āš  **Important:** If **Yarbo** loses connection, it wonā€™t automatically reconnect. Youā€™ll need to unpair and redo the pairing process. Weā€™re actively working on improving **Bluetooth functionality** in future updates, based on your feedback! Check out the video attached for a visual guide. šŸŽ„ ļ¼ˆ[https://youtu.be/e5\_BICyWddg?si=4fnaoAbFHDKJenSdļ¼‰](https://youtu.be/e5_BICyWddg?si=4fnaoAbFHDKJenSd%EF%BC%89) Thanks for your continued support, and stay tuned for more improvements! āœØ ---
**Author:** ![Ken](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/ken/32/1001_2.png) [@Ken](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Ken)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/3 "2025-06-25T13:12:54Z")
Caution, kids: I tried pairing the speaker with my ANCIENT Samsung Note 9 from 1927, and it barely worked ā€“ so difficult and fiddly to pair and actually get an audio connection. BUT ā€“ coincidentally? ā€“ starting when I first tried to pair the speaker with my phone from Ancient Egypt ā€“ I got frequent Bluetooth pairing requests that you couldnā€™t make happy and have go away foreverā€¦so annoying after several months I went out and purchased a new phone. Iā€™m not trying this again on the new phone. No way. Nope, thereā€™s nothing to ā€œdeleteā€ from the BT connections on the phone. Nothing I could do from my side other than to turn off the phoneā€™s Bluetooth. Tell THAT to my Garmin watch. I had a live Support call back in January or so, and the engineer tried a quick patch, but it didnā€™t work. Yarbo peeps, I placed my antediluvian phone back in its sarcophagus for now but will be happy to work with your team on a fix if access to this specific device would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![rcguymike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rcguymike/32/4166_2.png) [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/4 "2025-10-14T18:09:17Z")
Any updates on whether the Bluetooth speaker mode is less buggy/more seamless? ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/5 "2025-10-14T19:00:03Z")
I donā€™t believe this is on the priority list for fixes. I donā€™t recall seeing anything in the release notes. ---
**Author:** ![rcguymike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rcguymike/32/4166_2.png) [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/6 "2025-10-14T21:06:07Z")
NBD was just thinking about trying it, Iā€™ll ignore it for now donā€™t want to risk any issues/annoyances. ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/7 "2025-10-14T21:56:10Z")
You should absolutely try it. Works well on iPhone and some android. ---
**Author:** ![rcguymike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rcguymike/32/4166_2.png) [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/8 "2025-10-15T01:21:49Z")
So shouldnā€™t be any issues as Ken mentions above? ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/9 "2025-10-15T01:29:38Z")
Probably not. Most of his issues I think were somewhat unique. Although it has happened, most of the time it either works or it doesnā€™t. Itā€™s worked every single time for me across multiple cores. ---
**Author:** ![rcguymike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rcguymike/32/4166_2.png) [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/10 "2025-11-01T14:11:15Z")
Had to try a couple times to get it into pairing mode but Iā€™ve used it a handful of times now successfully šŸ‘ better than expected quality too ---
**Author:** ![john.merten1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/john.merten1/32/431_2.png) [@john.merten1](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/john.merten1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/11 "2025-11-10T13:29:39Z")
Could you allow pairing to be initiated via the app? ---
**Author:** ![Yarbo-Forum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/yarbo-forum/32/126_2.png) [@Yarbo-Forum](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Yarbo-Forum)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/12 "2025-11-11T10:15:19Z")
At the moment, the Yarbo unit needs to be put into Bluetooth pairing mode first before the app can connect. ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/13 "2025-11-11T13:40:39Z")
I think he was referring to music pairing. This is something Iā€™ve asked for in the past too. The app is already connected at this point, I donā€™t see why it couldnā€™t initiate BT pairing mode in the core for Yarbo Music to connect. ---
**Author:** ![Yarbo-Forum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/yarbo-forum/32/126_2.png) [@Yarbo-Forum](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Yarbo-Forum)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/14 "2025-11-12T08:28:29Z")
Thank you for the clarification. Iā€™ll forward this feedback to the appropriate team for review. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Ryan](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Ryan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/15 "2026-06-21T14:42:49Z")
Well I dug this up in the forum to see about pairing for 4th of July music during neighborhood fireworks. Yikes! Does seam like a nice feature if it didnā€™t create so many bt problems. Any updates? ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/16 "2026-06-21T18:45:09Z")
Try this and see if it works for you. Works for most people. > **[How to connect to Yarbo speaker](https://wiki.yarbo.com/en/sam/app-guide/yarbo-speaker)** ---
**Author:** ![Yarbo-Forum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/yarbo-forum/32/126_2.png) [@Yarbo-Forum](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Yarbo-Forum)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/quick-q-a-session-how-to-connect-yarbo-speaker/66/17 "2026-06-22T09:25:53Z")
You can follow the guide to try it out first. [How to connect to Yarbo speaker | Yarbo Wiki](https://wiki.yarbo.com/en/sam/app-guide/yarbo-speaker)