BeoMusic app is merging with Bang & Olufsen app

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MrAndersen (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 13:05 GMT
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Hi everyone, 

By the end of May, we will be removing the BeoMusic app from the App Store and Google Play Store. One of the major goals of developing the Bang & Olufsen app, was to reduce the number of apps we maintain and focus on making the best experience in one app.  BeoMusic is the first to go. So, what does this mean for you:

  • First and foremost, the app will not disappear from your phone, but it will no longer be available from the stores. It will stay on your phone until you delete it manually. You will, however, not be able to put it on new devices. You might be able to reinstall it using a local backup with iTunes.
  • DLNA browsing will be ready in the Bang & Olufsen app when the BeoMusic is removed.
  • We have already started on the dedicated iPad version and expect to have it ready this summer. In the meantime, you can carry on using the BeoMusic app if you prefer, or expand the Bang & Olufsen iPhone app on your iPad.
  • 1st Gen BeoSound Essence (MK1)  support is implemented with some limitations. DLNA and TuneIn favorites are not yet working. We are working on those and will have a solution ready soon.
  • We have done the first tests with the NL/ML converter and work will begin in the next couple of weeks to support this in the app. 

I know a lot of you are still using the BeoMusic app every day and it could be an inconvenience to change. You are probably also still missing some features yet to be implemented in the Bang & Olufsen app. But in long run we will have a more intuitive, cleaner and better app by making this change. Please bear with us until we have everything migrated, and continue to use the BeoMusic app if there are features you are still missing in the new Bang & Olufsen app.

 

Best regards

Thomas, Bang & Olufsen

 

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kirangohel
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 13:43 GMT
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Just in time for when my little summer house gets finished.

I can't wait for the iPad version. I'm having a dedicated iPad in the wall for all B&O control 👍🏻👍🏻

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Chris (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 14:34 GMT
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MrAndersen wrote:
and focus on making the best experience in one app.  BeoMusic is the first to go.

This "Oldie" is still the only way to get a ordered Radio Queue list of my Favorites back on the Essence...🙁 

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MrAndersen (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 15:00 GMT
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@Chris: Working on it this sprint! Hope to have it ordered as expected in the next release

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Brigantinus (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 15:32 GMT
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Will there be an app or a surface for the surface? (Win10)

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Sal (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 15:33 GMT
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MrAndersen wrote:
DLNA browsing will be ready in the Bang & Olufsen app when the BeoMusic is removed.

Will B&O move away from recommending TWONKY and allowing a wide variety of standard DLNA music servers to  to work along with hopefully a search function for DLNA served music?

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MrAndersen (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 15:51 GMT
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@Brigantinus: There is no plans for a Win10 universal app at the momen

@Sal: Yes, we will move away from recommending only TWONKY. We're testing on all the major vendors but it is impossible for us to test them all, so there might be some we do not get right in the first release. We're testing mainly on Synology, QNAP, Buffalo, Netgear and TWONKY. Search is not coming in the first version, but we start working on it soon. 

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Sal (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 16:44 GMT
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MrAndersen wrote:
@Sal: Yes, we will move away from recommending only TWONKY. We're testing on all the major vendors but it is impossible for us to test them all, so there might be some we do not get right in the first release. We're testing mainly on Synology, QNAP, Buffalo, Netgear and TWONKY. Search is not coming in the first version, but we start working on it soon. 

That's absolutely wonderful news! Thank you so much! I'm looking forward to these advancements! And totally understand not being able to test all major vendors, something that works with the standard application of DLNA along with a search would serve well as a start.

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hsorlie (archived2)
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 17:33 GMT
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Hi! If this is to be the one app to rule them all, I have a feature request:

Is it possible to make the X-app play locally? That is, treat the device it is running on as any other beolink enabled speaker? If so, it would be great to use it with headphones out and about, for starters. It would be nice to use the same app to listen to music on my headphones on my way to work as I do when I use my Moment at home.

But even cooler, you could do stuff like push the sound from a beogram turntable connected to a beolink converter to your phone (that is: your beoplay headphones), or the sound from your beovision if you watched a movie but didn't want to disturbe others at home.

What do you think? Can it be done? 😁

-h.

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mbolo01
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Posted May 16, 2017 at 17:40 GMT
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MrAndersen wrote:
DLNA browsing will be ready in the Bang & Olufsen app when the BeoMusic is removed.

 

Hi Thomas

Will we have a DLNA beta at the end of the day? 15 days seems short to me to beta test such an important feature.
Will BS Moment issues be fixed by the end of the month too?

Cheers

 

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