at first it was taking some time to connect but now i often use it with my mobiles hotspot and it connects smoothly and work fluently its not like other speakers of 5w its higher on quality sidetouch sensors are working pretty wellyou can contact it wherever you are just keep it on home wifi that feature attracts methe speaker also provide enough base for music loverit also connects through bluetooth some thing to notice if you are going to buy it 1 it always needs power dont h