The Beats Pill+ has very good controls. Located on top of the speaker, the buttons are clicky and easy to press. There are separate volume adjustment buttons and a power button, which you can short-press to see the five-light battery level. When the battery level dips below 10%, the fuel gauge light blinks red. You can press the multipurpose 'b' button once to play/pause your audio, twice to skip forward a track, and three times to go back to the previous track. The 'b' button also lets you answer/end calls. The speaker chimes when powering on/off or when pairing to a device over Bluetooth. Unfortunately, there's no audio or visual indicator for the volume.