Hope the new release of the B&O app allows the user to choose the streaming service (e.g. Tidal or Spotify) or at least having the possibility to remove Deezer from the app screen.

If I have the possibility to choose lossless (FLAC) I will always take the best quality available.

On the B&O website the Beolab 18 is promoted with the following sentence: “WE CONSTANTLY EXPLORE THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY IN OUR QUEST FOR THE PERFECT REPRODUCTION OF WHAT THE ARTIST AND THE PRODUCER INTENDED.“

Notting against Deezer, but it is compressed music at the end

Regarding the iPad version, yes it will support both portrait and landscape. 

@liviu_o: Yes timers are on the roadmap for mid/late summer

@phult: I hear you! We will icon selection for the essence boxes. We recently got all the product icons reworked to fit the style and should be done during the summer

@carlito: no immediate plans for Tidal and Spotify do not allow us a tight integration. The version due in a couple of weeks will give you the possibility to personalize the Music page, eg. remove the sections you do not want.

good news, thanks for the update.....

one thing, and to reinforce Henrik's observation a few weeks ago.....the X-app is proving (a) much slower to launch and connect to products and (b) it generally shows / connects to the wrong product  (i.e. where nothing is playing) while ignoring an active product.......bit annoying, makes the whole process slow.....

I completely agree. I find one of the biggest weaknesses of the B&O platform, the lack of streaming services integrated, particularly lossless streaming services. Other platforms such as Sonos and Devialet have managed to integrate Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, Apple Music, etc. into their platforms. 

I would really like to see B&O do the same to match the great hardware products that they offer. It would complete the experience and at the moment I find this is sorely lacking. 

I appreciate that this is a brand new app and it will take time for features to be added but I really hope that more streaming services will be integrated, especially lossless streaming services. 

Tidal!

Henrik wrote:

Love it! The way I see it, this feature is an absolutely no-brainer, if it's technologically feasible. I think it is the kind of case where one single feature has so many different user scenarios that it is difficult to imagine them all when you make the feature. Plus, as far as I know, it gives you something that nobody else in the multiroom business has. It would add value to all your products, and in effect make a multiroom device of even my beloved H6s. It's a force multiplier.

-h.

Sandyb wrote:

good news, thanks for the update.....

one thing, and to reinforce Henrik's observation a few weeks ago.....the X-app is proving (a) much slower to launch and connect to products and (b) it generally shows / connects to the wrong product (i.e. where nothing is playing) while ignoring an active product.......bit annoying, makes the whole process slow.....

MrAndersen wrote:

@Henrik: We have talked quite a bit about this feature, so far it has not ended up on the roadmap. The idea was that you listened to music on a product and had to leave. You plug in your headphones and the music follows you out the door. It is, however, quite complicated to do. First problem is that the playqueue is actually on the product, not on the phone. Furthermore we need to be able to render all the streams on the phone. That said, i would love to do it! Your feedback gives me reason to bring back for further discussion :)

@mbolo01: You are absolutely right, 15 days is not long. For internal reasons we had to move the release date 1 month. That means we had to cut the implementation to the absolute minimum and shorten the beta test. It is going out tomorrow.

 

In addition to the direct connection, please also consider the benefits of implementing Google Chrome Casting and Air Play streaming from within the Bang & Olufsen app to non-NL products. This seems pretty standard in most other audio apps.

For all of you out there with multi room systems. I use ROON (probably the absolutely best user interface I have ever seen for a music service - especially on a PC) when I want to seriously listen to music. 

It can make use the airplay functionality that is built into ever essence to create a zone and can push both your own music or Tidal to any zone. 

I strongly advise you to take a look at ROON, it is simply stunning (I have no affiliation, I don't work there, own stock, etc..) For serious listening (which I only do 10% of the time) it is light years ahead of EVERYONE. 

There is a free trial so you have nothing but a few hours to loose. 

So for me:

Casual listening, Essence/Essence Remote Beomusic app, works great.

More Serious listening: Roon pushed via Airplay to every and any B&O multi room zone. 

Not perfect but I think as close to perfection as you can get today.

For all of you out there with multi room systems. I use ROON (probably the absolutely best user interface I have ever seen for a music service - especially on a PC) when I want to seriously listen to music. 

It can make use the airplay functionality that is built into ever essence to create a zone and can push both your own music or Tidal to any zone. 

I strongly advise you to take a look at ROON, it is simply stunning (I have no affiliation, I don't work there, own stock, etc..) For serious listening (which I only do 10% of the time) it is light years ahead of EVERYONE. 

There is a free trial so you have nothing but a few hours to loose. 

So for me:

Casual listening, Essence/Essence Remote Beomusic app, works great.

More Serious listening: Roon pushed via Airplay to every and any B&O multi room zone. 

Not perfect but I think as close to perfection as you can get today.