The fact that Bluesound pushes out both app and firmware updates on a regular basis is why your Node 2i won't go outdated anytime soon. To illustrate their longevity, consider I gave Node N100's (the original) to my son, daughter, brother, and two friends over the years 2015 to just a few months ago. All are still in daily use. The only time 'obsolete' has occurred, it didn't actually happen so much as a feature was added to the new 'i' generation of products (like yours) which added a chip in the hardware that Apple required to make Airplay 2 work. That can't be done in the older units, but as long as there's one 'i'-generation unit in your home network, all the older players work with it. Yup, quite a bargain.
