Lana I think the speaker is comfortable. It can squish down into the pillow so that it is not like having your head lying on a rock on top of the pillow. However, my husband has problems when he has a phone pressed against his ear for a long time and he did not care for the pillow speaker. I have also occasionally just laid the speaker on my ear which is not on the pillow and that works too if you are still enough. Joni