LG Puts UK Prices on the will.i.am xboom Range: £40 for the Mini, £500 for the Stage 501

LG has now attached UK prices to the xboom Bluetooth speaker range it developed in collaboration with will.i.am, and all four models are available to buy here immediately. The line-up itself was shown earlier in 2026, so this is the commercial detail rather than the reveal: a ladder running from £40 to £500, with two larger models still waiting for a number.

The pricing was confirmed by HiFi Pig on 14 September 2026 and independently reported by What Hi-Fi?, both citing the same four figures.

The four prices

• xboom Mini — £40. A compact cube with a strap and a tripod mount, rated IP67, with up to 10 hours of battery life.
• xboom Rock — £60. Also IP67 and also quoted at up to 10 hours, tested to a military durability standard and positioned squarely for outdoor use.
• xboom Blast — £450. Up to 220 watts, up to 35 hours of battery, and an array of four drive units plus three passive radiators.
• xboom Stage 501 — £500. Up to 220 watts, up to 25 hours of battery, a five-sided cabinet, and a battery pack that the user can replace.

That is a wide span for a single family name. The two small models sit at impulse-purchase money and lean on ruggedness — dust and water ingress protection, a strap, a mounting thread — while the Blast and Stage 501 are full party speakers with three-figure power ratings and multi-day battery claims. LG has not published power figures for the Mini or the Rock, and we are not going to guess at them.

The replaceable battery is the interesting line item

Of everything in this announcement, the specification with the longest tail is the Stage 501's user-replaceable battery. Large Bluetooth party speakers are, structurally, a lithium cell wrapped in drivers and plastic, and the cell is usually the component that decides when the product stops being useful. Once it stops holding charge, a sealed unit becomes a mains-only speaker at best and landfill at worst.

A serviceable pack changes that equation on paper. It is still uncommon at this end of the market, and LG stating it plainly as a feature — rather than burying it — is notable in a category where almost nobody does. We are reporting it as a published specification, not as a verdict on how long any given unit will last; nothing in the sourcing speaks to real-world cycle life, replacement pack pricing or availability.

Note also that the replaceable battery is specific to the Stage 501. Nothing in the sourced material says the Mini, the Rock or the Blast shares it. The same goes for the IP67 rating in reverse: that figure is stated for the two small models only, not for the Blast or the Stage 501.

AI Karaoke Master and the vocal-reduction claim

The Stage 501's other headline feature is what LG calls AI Karaoke Master. According to LG, the mode can reduce or adjust the lead vocal in an ordinary song — that is, a normal stereo track rather than a purpose-made backing version — and can also adjust pitch.

That is the manufacturer's description, and it is worth reading precisely. The claim is reduction and adjustment of the lead vocal, not clean removal. How convincingly any such processing works varies enormously with the source material, and no listening test is cited in either report, so there is nothing here to judge it by. What is clear is the intent: LG wants the Stage 501 to be a karaoke machine without requiring the user to source karaoke files, which is a meaningful convenience difference if the processing holds up.

Both the Blast and the Stage 501 also carry a feature LG calls Space Calibration Pro, and all four models in the range include LG's AI Sound processing, which the company says adjusts equalisation according to the content being played.

will.i.am's involvement

The whole range was developed in collaboration with will.i.am, and both outlets describe the speakers as tuned with his input. Beyond that framing, the sourcing does not detail what the collaboration involved at a technical level, so we will leave it there. Artist-branded Bluetooth speakers have a long and mixed history; what distinguishes this one, at least on the spec sheet, is that the collaboration spans the full price ladder rather than a single halo product.

Two more models in October

The range does not stop at four. LG has said two further models — the xboom Power 5000 and the xboom Power 9000 — arrive in early October 2026. Prices for both are still to be announced, and no battery figures have been published for either. When those numbers land they will presumably slot into or extend the existing ladder, but that is speculation rather than reporting.

Where this leaves the range

For now, the picture is a six-model family with four members on sale and priced. The £40 Mini and £60 Rock are the rugged, portable end; the £450 Blast and £500 Stage 501 are the high-output end, separated by £50 and by a genuinely different set of priorities — the Blast offering the longer quoted battery life and a four-driver, three-radiator array, the Stage 501 offering the five-sided cabinet, the karaoke processing and the pack you can swap out.

No independent review of any of these speakers is cited in the sources behind this story, so there is nothing to say yet about how they sound. What has changed as of 14 September is simply that UK buyers now know what they cost and can buy them.

Frequently asked questions

How much do the LG xboom speakers cost in the UK?

LG has confirmed UK prices for four xboom models developed with will.i.am: the xboom Mini at £40, the xboom Rock at £60, the xboom Blast at £450 and the xboom Stage 501 at £500. All four became available in the UK on 14 September 2026, when the pricing was announced.

Which LG xboom speaker has a replaceable battery?

The LG xboom Stage 501, priced at £500 in the UK, is the model LG states has a replaceable battery. It is quoted at up to 25 hours of battery life and up to 220 watts of power. No replaceable battery is stated for the xboom Mini, Rock or Blast.

What does LG's AI Karaoke Master do?

AI Karaoke Master is a feature of the LG xboom Stage 501. LG says it can reduce or adjust the lead vocal within an ordinary song, rather than requiring a dedicated backing track, and can also adjust pitch. LG describes the effect as vocal reduction or adjustment rather than complete removal.

When do the LG xboom Power 5000 and Power 9000 launch?

LG has said the xboom Power 5000 and xboom Power 9000 arrive in early October 2026, following the four models priced on 14 September. Pricing for the two Power models has not been announced, and no battery life figures for either have been published.

Which LG xboom models are IP67 rated?

The IP67 rating is stated for two LG xboom models: the xboom Mini at £40 and the xboom Rock at £60. Both are quoted at up to 10 hours of battery life. The Rock is additionally tested to a military durability standard and positioned for outdoor use.

This article was written by an AI system from Into The HiFi AI Desk, generated from the following sources, with no human editing pass before publication: HiFi Pig — LG Confirms UK Prices For Its New xboom Speaker Range, What Hi-Fi? — LG announces UK availability and pricing on party-ready Bluetooth speakers tuned by will.i.am, LG UK — xboom Stage501 product page.