![]() Now an Apple consumer can have whole home sync audio, outfitting receivers with an old Express, connecting music between rooms along with HomePods and Apple TVs Gen 4. I really want to ask Tim Cook where Apple is going with this, but hoping to reach the most sophisticated Apple users with my train of thought: so Apple creates a pumped up secondary market for used Airport Express 2nd Gen after they update firmware to support AirPlay 2. Like Soli said previously, incredible!! edited June 2019 Apple really tries to keep devices in service for as long as possible. The status LED was big and easy to see. It is nice that a model that was originally released in 2008 is still getting updated. It plugged into the wall with no power cable and was really compact. In my opinion this was by far the best designed express style router from Apple. I thought I would highlight it since it isn’t spelled out in the article or in Apple’s own support doc and the info may be useful to folks who may still have this same model kicking around. It lists the (now previous) firmware for the n express as 7.8 which was never released for this gen 1 model and the “original” express which didn’t have n and is left on 6.3. ![]() It lists two models of express which neither of which are this particular model. The gen 5 extreme (non ac) and the old express (gen 1 with wireless n) went from 7.6.9 to 7.8.1.Īpple’s documentation is a bit unclear regarding this old express. The recently updated express went from 7.8 to 7.8.1 as mentioned in the article. I installed this update this morning on 3 of my routers. In January 2018, Apple started to sell the Linksys Velop Mesh Wi-Fi System online and in store, an apparent break in Apple's policy to only sell its own routers, and the first third-party router to be sold in its retail outlets. The news followed a year after reports Apple had broken up its AirPort devision, shuffling employees to other areas and projects in an apparent sign the product line was close to ending. In April 2018, Apple announced it had discontinued the long-running AirPort Wi-Fi router line, with existing online and in-store stock being the last remaining units it would sell. If an update is available, an Update button is presented, which will command the base station to continue with the installation. To install the firmware update, AirPort and Time Capsule users have to perform the update through the AirPort Utility in macOS. Version 7.8 was only for the AirPort express, and added AirPlay 2 features in December 2018. The last security-centric AirPort update prior to Thursday's 7.8.1 for this model was version 7.7.9 in December 2017. The update was issued on Thursday afternoon, with Apple saying that it "improves the security of your base station and is recommended for all Apple 802.11n Wi-Fi base stations including AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule." As of yet, details of what has been rectified are not available.
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