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Bose Smart Speaker 500

Sold from 2018 – present

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Setup
Wi-Fi®
App
Controls
Sound
Bluetooth®
Streaming music

If you cannot complete setup because you are unable to connect to your router for Internet access, here are some suggestions:

If the light bar on your speaker continuously glows red, it has encountered an error. To resolve this, try the following:

If you connect your product to a USB jack on your laptop or computer but the computer does not recognize the connection or the device, try the following:

If the light bar on your speaker scrolls white from left to right for more than 20 minutes, it might be experiencing an error installing an update. To resolve this, try the following:

If your product becomes unresponsive or you are no longer able to use it as expected after an update is installed, try the following:

If your product is unable to connect to your wireless router for Internet access:

If your Bose speaker does not show up in the Chromecast menu or the device cannot control Chromecast functions on your speaker, try the following:

If you do not know or have forgotten the security key to connect to your wireless router, try the following:

If the Bose or SoundTouch app does not find the product you are trying to connect to your network, try the following:

Your Bose wireless product has an internal Wi-Fi network that is used for system setup. If this network cannot be connected or found by the device being used to setup your product, try the following: