BluOS Controller 4+

I just updated the firmware on my 2 players to v4.0.2 and the iOS App to v4.0.0. I was generally pretty impressed and happy with the v3 based offering but appreciate the change of direction with v4. (BTW, there’s a useful switch under Settings/“User Interface” if you want to revert to the v3 interface at any point after the v4 update.)
I gather that you need to build a usage history for some of the fields in the control app to be populated. The ability to “hop about” more directly between data views than you could in v3 is much appreciated.
I guess there will be some rough edges on this new version until feedback from users flushes out some of the problems not picked up in pre-release testing.
One thing that doesn’t work for me at all at the moment is the top level “favorites” tab in the iOS app on both iPad and iPhone. When I press this tab, all fields look as if they are about to update but they remain blank indefinitely. It’s as if I need to take some initial action to set this up but, in the absence of any prompts from the app, who knows?
Any feedback from the support team on this one would be much appreciated!
Overall, thanks for a fine and comprehensive system!

If I could give this App no stars I would! Absolutely terrible! Why did you even bother changing it? It was really bad before but now it’s worse. Still no improvement when it comes to making playlists, why not a “highlight” “drag and drop”? The “Preset” feature doesn’t work. Try highlighting a radio station and click “add preset” it says it’s added it but it hasn’t! The only presets I’ve managed to add are Radio Paradise which is on the front page anyway so not necessary! I found a feature under settings where you can revert back to the previous version but they’ve broken that version too now! If you click to open settings after reverting back to V3 and then try and “close” the page it’s just locked up and won’t do anything! I then have to close the App and re-open. If I choose an album from my collection to play it no longer displays the track listing on the right hand side, it’s just blank! I’ve tried “add next” and “add last” NOTHING! it plays but the track playlist is not there! So there’s no way of seeing what’s coming up next! I can choose 5 or so albums but there’s no way of knowing what’s been chosen. This used to work ok before. (Old version). I’ve now tried reverting back to the new version but the only way to do that as far as I can see is to delete the App and reinstall! How on Earth have you broken it so badly!?? It’s a disaster!

I used the BluOs Node and app for over 2 yrs and I have been most pleased. Recently, it started to misbehave with ‘couldn’t download content’ messages, which I could only get resolved by deleting the app and reinstall. Unfortunately, the reinstall stopped working too as my app could no longer locate my network.

I had a long back and forth email exchange with BluOs technicians. Eventually, I asked my dealer, Sevenoaks Sound and Vision who first checked the Node for me. There was no hardware problem.

Then they advised me to get the latest iOS version 18.1 installed and reboot my router.

That worked. So the problem comes from old iOS versions no longer matching up with the latest BluOs software.

I’m pleased it is sorted. I let the BluOs team know about the solution. Hopefully they will be able to pass on the required action to other users who may experience this problem.