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Our rule for updates, and the three features we shipped to speakers bought in 2020.

Sem BakkerFirmware4 Jun 20263 min read

Software can make old hardware better — or quietly make it worse. We wrote down one rule in 2020 and have kept it since: an update may add things, never take them away.

What that means in practice

No feature disappears behind a subscription. No speaker stops working because a server shuts down. Every Baffle product works fully without an account and without the app.

Three things we added this year

Stereo pairing for Orb, a wider EQ for Field 01, and a night mode for Monolith 6 that keeps dialogue clear at low volume. All three reached products bought in 2020.

The best update is the one that makes a five-year-old speaker feel new.

How to update

Open the Baffle app, or plug the product into a computer and visit our update page. It takes about two minutes and never deletes your settings.

Questions about a specific product? Search the help centre.

Letters from the listening room

One email a month: new pieces, repair guides and records we tested them with.

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