Could you please confirm the current sw version is 2.5.55678(170713653) ?
Is it fair to assume that Beosound Essence Mk2 software is no longer updated? That said, if I were to obtain a unit with older software, is it still updatable?
I ask because of the sad case of the ML/NL converter: we have a final version, but if you failed to update it when it was still updatable… you are out of luck forever.
Thanks in advance,
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BeoSound Essence Mk2 final sw version number? 2.5.55678(170713653) ?
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My Essences are at…
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…and that is the latest it has gotten with Autoupdate set to on.
I do not remember when it was done.
P.S.
A bit of a mystery, though, is that Beotool shows something different.
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When searching in the app, it says ‘up to date’ 😏
No big deal for me - my Essences do what I expect from them respectively need.
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
Release notes here: 
Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Thank you all! So, the sw is still updateable, and furthermore, an update was issued as recently as a few weeks ago! Most excellent news.
Guy —If I get one of these, my plan is to test it with my “JOIN”-type eye that works perfectly with my ML/NL converter, in order to decide whether to buy one for the Beosound Essence. I’ll post my results if and when it happens.
Looking into it more closely, it is funny……my other Essences are up to date and the one, from which I posted the screenshot, is not.
They are all set to auto update.
So why do they have different versions?
However - as I wrote - they all do what I need from them - so there can’t be much difference or improvement there.
P.S. No experience here with ir eye - all my current stuff is NL-based and BROne/bluetooth controlled.
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
Login to view image So I think that software release link that I sent earlier ()Location: Warwickshire, UK
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@Guy
So you have got a later version for your Essence, than I have on mine (and one of those is even far behind, although it says ‘updated’).
It is ‘weird’……if I may say it with a modern buzzword 🤣
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
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