carlito wrote:

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

The Balance only has Spotify/TuneIn because it is GA.

Not updating the Balance would be kind of stupid, now that they just released a pure NL-controller.

MM

carlito wrote:

 

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...

 

Tunein via Chromecast correct? Like any Chromecast aware app. You can ask to play Deezer on the Balance too via CC which does not mean that Deezer is an integrated music service within the Balance like it is in most of all the other NL products.

Millemissen wrote:

Not updating the Balance would be kind of stupid, now that they just released a pure NL-controller.

Totally agree. Perplexing. If I'd just bought a Balance to work alongside my Edge, BeoSound 2 and Stage, I'd be pretty perplexed if I went and bought the Halo and it didn't support the latest speaker.

Waiting on SandyB's report with bated breath. It will make or break my Halo purchase.

I think there is some sort of licensing problem for Spotify streaming that prevents it from working with NL (old devices can do that)

Many recent products lost the Spotify Direct Integration and at least on my part I want that since I can play music without bugging down my phone or ipad.

When I looked for a new speaker some time back I complained about that since Spotify and Apple Music are the leading services and the Spotify Direct was working really well for me.

So I think the Balance was their answer for that problem with its limitations. 

Cheers

JK

Michael wrote:

For about half the price I get an iPad mini with a processor probably thousands times faster than this choppy device that seemingly has cut corners everywhere except for its halo

mbolo01 wrote:

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/

 

It now makes so much more sense to think of the Moment as a knowing Sith collaborator!

I find it quite bizarre that the Halo will not support the products the App does. Yes I realise it's a start, however (as beojeff) as a BS Moment Adopter it makes me nervous that they didn't have a base functionality launch with at least the current NL and new non-NL products. Basically anything in the current App should be supported by Halo. Yes I know they've killed NL, but the way they're releasing products half complete, and then not completing them is rather worrying. Also the whole premise of B&O, keeping it and adding to your collection, is rapidly going down the toilet bowl. Again I understand this from the throw it out and buy new every couple of years, but really? I need to start buying Lotto tickets to adopt that approach. 😎