Essence 2nd gen - new sw 1.20?

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I just noticed that there is a new sw for the Essence (2) called 1.20xxxx.

My Essence runs on 1.19xxxxx - it is set to manually update.

What is in it - anyone?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Don't know either.

I use Beotool regularly to discover that there is or are updates for one or more devices. Not every update is announced.

At least I have only have green dots now at the products status.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.

Both my Essence v2 and BS2 v1 updated to 1.20.xxx early this morning (Apr-1).  I cannot find any release notes nor any new functionality. 

I also noticed that B&O has dropped the "support" area from their website (where you could sometimes find this information).  With respect some recent posts on this forum, I guess it's better to take the support area down, than to leave it up and give people false hope. 👍

You can still access these informations here:

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

My M5 was also updated and am manually updating my Essence now.
Stan wrote:

Both my Essence v2 and BS2 v1 updated to 1.20.xxx early this morning (Apr-1). I cannot find any release notes nor any new functionality.

I also noticed that B&O has dropped the "support" area from their website (where you could sometimes find this information). With respect some recent posts on this forum, I guess it's better to take the support area down, than to leave it up and give people false hope.

😂😂

Well, I woke up today with my integrated Essence and M3 playing from an alarm timer. They played perfectly in sync for the first time!

Hopefully we can get hold of release notes, I'll ask support.

"I woke up today with my integrated Essence and M3 playing from an alarm timer"

Are you able to elaborate on how you set this up?

I'd love for my M5 in the master bath to start up in sync with the Essence in my bedroom in the mornings.


My B&O Icons:

Beosound-Stage.png Beosound-Stage.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beosound-Level.png Beosound-Level.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beosound-Balance.png Beosound-Balance.png
Beosound-A5.png Beosound-A5.png
Beosound-2.png Beosound-2.png
Beoremote-Halo.png Beoremote-Halo.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-A6.png Beoplay-A6.png

Hi,

I have two A6s. One of them updated yesterday to 1.20 software. The other will not update to new software for some reason. It still has 1.19 and says that software is up to date. If I use BeoTool it says there is new software for the A6. I have tried to reset to factory but it did not help. After factory reset I can not login to Deezer or tunein either. Does someone know What is wrong with my A6?

 

best regards

Martin

Millemissen wrote:

What is in it - anyone?

 

I noticed that there is an option under product setup called problem solving, where you restart and back to factory default.

I don't know whether that was there before (I asked that for that option as my M5 sometimes doesn't respond to the Essence remote and restarting the M5 seems the only working option, instead of taking the powercord off)

 

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
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