Performance and Flexibility in a Compact Wireless Speaker
Bowers & Wilkins' smallest wireless speaker boasts BIG sound. Whether working alone, with a Flex partner in stereo, or as part of a surround-sound system with Formation Bar and/or Formation Bass, Flex offers convenience with performance to match.
Formation Flex provides the ultimate in clear and surprisingly powerful sound in a compact and versatile wireless speaker. It packs Bowers & Wilkins' 600 Series 1" decoupled dome tweeter and 4" woven glass fiber cone woofer technology into a sleek and compact body. The built-in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Digital Amplifier provides power delivery of 2 x 50W, for total system power of 100 watts.
Flex is powerful enough to be used independently or in a pair for stereo sound. Sync it with other Formation speakers to create your perfect home audio system or go all in with the Formation Bar and Formation Bass for a brilliant 5.1 surround sound experience. No matter the configuration you’ll get legendary Bowers & Wilkins sound. As part of the Formation Suite, it’s what the company calls the Highest Form of Sound™.
Lots of Listening Options
Formation Flex will enable you to listen to audio from streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Roon, and listen to network stored audio files. You can also listen to audio over Bluetooth from appropriately enabled Bluetooth source devices, to audio from devices such as turntables (via a phono preamp) and CD players that are connected to a Bowers & Wilkins Formation Audio or other Formation devices (optional, sold separately), and to audio from Internet Radio, Apple AirPlay, or Bluetooth compatible services and apps. You can listen to audio playing anywhere in your home on any Formation device connected to your home network.
The Bowers & Wilkins Home app is required to connect your Formation Flex to your home network and also to establish connection with other Formation products in your home.
The New Wireless Revolution
Formation is the name of Bowers and Wilkins' exclusive wireless technology. Formation guarantees a flawless listening experience, no matter how extensive your system. Using a robust, independent network, Bowers & Wilkins' wireless speakers deliver perfect room-to-room synchronization and outstanding sound. Set-up and control are easy, too.
Complete Control is Yours
Control your entire Bowers & Wilkins wireless audio system using the company's Music app for iOS and Android. Organize your speakers into groups, integrate your favorite streaming services, and enjoy an unrivaled combination of high-resolution audio performance and absolute convenience.
The Bowers & Wilkins Home app enables you to select and play any available audio source or stream. In much the same way that conventional audio source playback requires initiation through a play command, Formation streams must be first initiated through their own gateway app: the Spotify app for example, or a music library app such as Roon. Each gateway or library app will list your Formation Flex space as an available playback device using Airplay, Bluetooth or in the case of Spotify, Spotify Connect.
Once audio streams are playing on the Formation network they can be selected via the Bowers & Wilkins Home app or via the Formation Flex top panel Form touch button. Touching the Form button will cycle though the available streams and sources.
Additionally, your Formation Wedge has touch buttons on its top panel that provide play/pause control, volume adjustment and source/stream selection.
