Beosound Balance

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Hi Ulrike,

Thanks for your suggestion and it turns out you were right, I ordered the non GVA version by mistake.

Have spoken to B&O and they are arranging for it to be returned and refunded, I have ordered the correct one now from one of the UK dealers.

Any idea what the dots on the speaker icon in Google Home indicate or signify?

Regards,

Suneet

Hi Ulrike,

Thanks for your suggestion and it turns out you were right, I ordered the non GVA version by mistake.

Have spoken to B&O and they are arranging for it to be returned and refunded, I have ordered the correct one now from one of the UK dealers.

Any idea what the dots on the speaker icon in Google Home indicate or signify?

Regards,

Suneet

Thanks for the update Steve, please let us know what B&O say regarding if it is enabled or not by default and if not how/when it can be enabled.

I can’t even see a mention on the b&o website that there is a normal version and a GVA version

If the difference is just the GVA why not just ship it

suneetjulka wrote:

Hi Ulrike,

Thanks for your suggestion and it turns out you were right, I ordered the non GVA version by mistake.

Have spoken to B&O and they are arranging for it to be returned and refunded, I have ordered the correct one now from one of the UK dealers.

Any idea what the dots on the speaker icon in Google Home indicate or signify?

Regards,

Suneet

 

Hi Suneet,

I guess the dots on the speaker icons in Google Home indicate Chromecast-built-in.

The icon above "Kueche" means a Chromecast Audio dongle, not built-in.

 

 

 

Aussie Michael wrote:
I can’t even see a mention on the b&o website that there is a normal version and a GVA version

 

If you - on the B&O website - go to the section Speakers -> view all, you can see both versions....and order.

However, if you go further down to watch the product sheet, you will find only information on the GA version....no mentioning of a non-GA version there.

I am sure that must and will be corrected at some point - just don’t expect that to happen soon....in times like these.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Millemissen wrote:

If you - on the B&O website - go to the section Speakers -> view all, you can see both versions....and order.

However, if you go further down to watch the product sheet, you will find only information on the GA version....no mentioning of a non-GA version there.

I am sure that must and will be corrected at some point - just don’t expect that to happen soon....in times like these.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

Hmm and thanks

Confusing considering they’re the same price

You can’t order in most countries online through the b&o site

Has this been posted already, couldn’t find it.

BS Balance is a multiroom speaker 😕

That would be great, right?

As a rule of thumb we decided to only stock the GVA variants in our Ealing showroom and order the non GVA version when requested. FYI we have stock of the Balance which is now very limited or not available until the end of April.

Regards

Stuart

B&O Ealing

Ferdinand wrote:

 

 

 

Has this been posted already, couldn’t find it.

 

BS Balance is a multiroom speaker 😕

 

That would be great, right?

 

It is a "multiroom speaker" as long as you use Chromecast or Airplay.   ðŸ™‚

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