Beoremote Halo, the future B&O remote control

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moxxey wrote:
I'm pretty sure it will be. If it works with the Stage, BeoSound 2 and Edge, it will with the Balance. Similar tech?

From what I know, the BS Balance is based on a new platform... maybe someone has more insights 

moxxey wrote:
Everything is voice-controlled these days. So if you're buying it for your home to look good, you're somewhat behind the times :)

That's true, but I'm more than happy if I could switch over to a remote and turn off the voice control from my Balance. Call me old fashioned ;-)

It’s not coppy irl🤷🏼‍♂️
As an early BS Moment adopter, I’ll wait for Halo software v 2.x before considering it ...

Location: Brittany - France

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carlito wrote:

From what I know, the BS Balance is based on a new platform... maybe someone has more insights

That's true, but I'm more than happy if I could switch over to a remote and turn off the voice control from my Balance. Call me old fashioned ;-)

Can the balance be controlled by the B&O App?

I dont see why all NL products can’t be controlled by the Halo. Maybe they just haven’t finished programming them all?

I will be really disappointed if it is not possible to control my Avant MK1 at some point. More for music than TV.

ngnear wrote:
Can the balance be controlled by the B&O App?

Yes, but with limitations. TuneIn works only by voice control and not by the B&O App

 

 

ngnear wrote:
I dont see why all NL products can’t be controlled by the Halo.

The Balance is not a NL product as such, it has no music service such as Deezer, TuneIn or DLNA, it is "just" a BT,CC,AP2 and Spotify speaker.

Maybe all or some of the current NL products + Balance will be updated one day to share the same new platform, and the Halo will be able to control all.

Location: Brittany - France

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beoplay-P6.png Beoplay-P6.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A6.png Beoplay-A6.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png

ngnear wrote:
carlito wrote:

 

From what I know, the BS Balance is based on a new platform... maybe someone has more insights

 

 

That's true, but I'm more than happy if I could switch over to a remote and turn off the voice control from my Balance. Call me old fashioned ;-)

 

 

Can the balance be controlled by the B&O App?

 

I dont see why all NL products can’t be controlled by the Halo. Maybe they just haven’t finished programming them all?

 

I will be really disappointed if it is not possible to control my Avant MK1 at some point. More for music than TV.

The Halo a a Beolink-NL-controller.

The Balance is not NL-enabled (at least not by now).

Somewhat a mystery why e.g. the Avant MK/V1 can’t be included - in the app you can easily expand a playing source to the Avant/V1 etc.

Maybe we will get an explanation for that some time.

 

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

mbolo01 wrote:

The Balance is not a NL product as such, it has no music service such as Deezer, TuneIn or DLNA, it is "just" a BT,CC,AP2 and Spotify speaker.

Maybe all or some of the current NL products + Balance will be updated one day to share the same new platform, and the Halo will be able to control all.

This is not true. The Balance has Spotify and TuneIn integrated, but it can (at the moment) only be controlled via voice command and not by the app...

My dealer told me that the HALO update will be available beginning of 2021

mbolo01 wrote:
As an early BS Moment adopter, I’ll wait for Halo software v 2.x before considering it ...

I often get the feeling that BeoSound Moment is to B&O what Jar Jar Binks is to George Lucas. It's a mistake they wish to erase from memory.😁

beojeff wrote:

mbolo01 wrote:
As an early BS Moment adopter, I’ll wait for Halo software v 2.x before considering it ...

I often get the feeling that BeoSound Moment is to B&O what Jar Jar Binks is to George Lucas. It's a mistake they wish to erase from memory.😁

I see some hope here: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar_jar_binks_was_a_trained_force_user/

 

Location: Brittany - France

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beoplay-P6.png Beoplay-P6.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A6.png Beoplay-A6.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
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