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parmenion's avatar
May 04, 2022
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Orbi with Alexa missing basic Alexa features

I couldn't believe the Orbi with Alexa couldn't "drop in" or "announce". Those are very basic Alexa functionalities.   In this post from 2018, a Netgear employee says "It's coming via software upda...
  • CrimpOn's avatar
    May 04, 2022

    parmenion wrote:

    Is this software update still coming or has this product been abandoned?


    Let's see.

    • The most recent firmware release was 7/30/2021, which was three years after that 'promise'
    • AX versions of the speaker-enabled Orbi satellite have not been announced
    • in 2020, Amazon dropped the price to $99, perhaps as a "close out" special.
      (Today's price is about $250, maybe for those who have to get one.)

    I would not pin my hopes on new firmware.