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parmenion
May 04, 2022Tutor
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...
- 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.
CrimpOn
May 04, 2022Guru - Experienced User
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.
- parmenionMay 05, 2022Tutor
Yup. Netgear, I'm surprised you released such a product that doesn't even match a contemporary ~$25 Echo Dot. And called it Alexa.
Would make me suspicious for my own purchase decisions.