The LG xboom Grab has a great control scheme. All buttons are located on the top of the speaker and are clearly labeled, clicky, and textured for easy use. You get the basic controls, such as volume up/down, play/pause, and track skipping (double press for next, triple press for previous), along with voice assistant activation by holding the play button. There’s also a dedicated PartyLink button for pairing multiple speakers in stereo or party mode, and you can check the battery status at any time by holding the power button for three seconds.

This speaker also comes with a customizable ‘MY’ button (❤). If you press the MY button twice, you’ll initiate the speaker’s room correction, while a single press of the MY button can trigger personalized actions like launching a playlist. That said, we noticed that the MY button behaves differently depending on your device’s OS. On Android, it can only play media files stored locally on the device, while on iOS, it works with both local files and Apple Music.

You’ll hear chimes for entering Bluetooth pairing mode, device connection/disconnection, hitting minimum or maximum volume, toggling PartyLink, and when the speaker powers on or off. The LED light strip is multifunctional: it displays battery level, acts as a volume indicator, flashes blue during pairing, turns solid blue when connected, and flashes white when the voice assistant is triggered.