ebnrob wrote:

B&O are removing TuneIn from all products this year. Moving to their own NetRadio service. I've been told the Essence Mk2 that I have will receive the update. It's something to do with BBC licensing with TuneIn I think.

Styrizo wrote:

Apparently there's a new speaker in this same line as Balance and Level coming out in the following months. What I've been told is that it's more column-like,

Fansastic wrote:

Hope the Moment will get the update also

Hiort wrote:

Fansastic wrote:

Hope the Moment will get the update also

I would be very surprised if they updated a discontinued product with new functionality...

I would also be surprised, but they did already release at least one major update since Moment was discontinued.

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to manage a home full of devices that all have different streaming services.  I purchased a large collection of B&O equipment with the expectation that it would continue to work together.  :-/

The Essence MK2 gets updates all rhe time - and that is discontinued long ago.

At least having the same radio service on all products would be nice, would be a progress.

MM

Is there somewhere (other than my BS5) where I can see the stations included in the service?  As a long time BS5 owner, it pains me to admit that the BS5 isn't great at managing the 100s or 1000s of stations currently in the list.

I actually bought an old beolink pc2 a couple of years ago to have on standby just in case TuneIn shutdown! TBH I was always surprised they chose to rely on a 3rd party service for internet radio, I guess the cost of maintaining a directory of streams was more than paying for tunein. Pretty short sighted though.

I wonder whether B&O will use the existing net radio service as used in the bv11 and v1 or whether will it be some sort of chromecast implementation for radio streams. 

I do need something new at some point but I do want to kwwp my Easence remotes. Those were a strike of genius ....

Might visit my dealer on this. While everywhere the ships are sinking we here in Boston just observed our local guy move into a new store and splitting off another store to be opened soon in walking distance from my house.

What I am also curious about is stereo with 2 speaker. 

I do use Spotify Connect with my essence and that works very well.  If they could replicate that experience with the new speaker they are launching I would cave in.

Having high hopes for the Balance update and also this ...

cheers

JK

Let's note that the latest Balance update has introduced the Balance's own (TuneIn independed) radio stations

Curly wrote:

Alex, how do you compare and contrast your 9 Essence remotes to your 1 Halo? Not to hijack the thread, but I’m curious on your thoughts of the two products  

I am in love with the Essence Remote.  It is just simply a perfect device. I love having volume control without needing to grab my phone. I also use Touch to Join a lot. 

The Halo is certainly more Eye catching and  if my goal was to let friends know I have been financially successful then it would definitely be my preference. LOL. I so like the volume ring a lot, and find the display useful to pick a specific netradio to listen to. But I feel like the proximity sensor isn’t quite fast enough to feel like response is instant - I often wave my hand then wait for it to come alive.  And I haven’t found the ability to control devices in multiple rooms to be useful. And the incredibly short battery life means I just leave it on a charging pad 95% of the time  

I think the ideal device would be an Essence Remote II with an e-paper display of the current album / station information.  It would keep the device simple and have lo battery life while still offering the one thing the Halo has, which is a station display. 

I see myself adding more Essence Remotes before adding more Halos.  (I could use one more Essence remote at the door between master bed and master bath)