The LG ThinQ app (iOS/Android) is a very good companion app to the LG xboom Stage 301, and you can view a video tour. You can manage sound settings like the three-band EQ and EQ presets (‘Standard,’ ‘Bass Boost,’ ‘Voice Enhance,’ ‘AI Sound,’ and ‘Custom’), AI Calibration (room correction), input selection, playback, and DJ sound effects like delay. There are useful effects for karaoke sessions, such as ‘MR’ under the Karaoke Control menu, which is pretty effective for removing existing vocals from songs, alongside pitch control. Keep in mind that the ‘MR’ function doesn’t work if your audio source is connected via the AUX input, though.

Lighting effects have their own menu with different reactive patterns described as moods. You can customize some settings, such as renaming the speaker, enabling the Sleep timer, altering the voice guidance cues, and assigning a function to the ‘MY’ feature to the ‘❤’ button on the speaker.

The app offers control for multi-speaker configurations delivered via Auracast, called ‘Party Link.’ Party mode only works with compatible LG speakers, and we successfully paired the LG xboom Grab. Stereo linking, called ‘Party Link Dual,’ requires a second identical xboom Stage 301.