FYI OP
This is pretty standard for all high end streamers.
”One of the things that pushes me toward the HiFi Rose is the ease of use along with the support of the company as far as frequent automatic updates.in addition to the touch screen It has a physical remote or can be controlled from my iPad.”
How robust and user friendly the interface (Aurender and Aurlic are pretty universally considered exceptional) varies highly from streamer to streamer. Aurender supports iPhone and iPad and you can make requests in the app from the streamer so they can support and download a new version automatically. Questions answered within the app within a day or so. To use a new one, just plug in turn on, download app… put code from streamer into iPad… and you are done.
A key to the app is integrating your streaming service library and local files, And Network files if you have any. Keeping track of music you find in your streaming service and creating your personal library is really important. Qobuz, Tidal, and one or two others are integrated on all high end streamers. Just sign on in the app once and you are done.
Hopefully your HiFi Rose will be similarly well designed.