They also need to accommodate newer bandwidths and update the apps for newer, more secure tech.
Every time I want to use the smoker, I have to dig up the old router and plug it in, change my phone’s network and pray the device will communicate. The smoker is less than 8 feet from the router and I have problems getting it to communicate. Just spent 20 minutes trying to get it to recognize the smoker and to save a couple settings. I’d use it more frequently if it wasn’t such a pain in the behind. I got out the roaster last week rather than mess with it... not what I paid for... kinda miffed at the thing to be honest. It simply isn’t reliable enough to plan to serve anybody the same day I use it— can’t expect it to connect, can’t expect it to respond to the app, can’t get the pid to program easily without the app... app hasn’t been updated since before I got the smoker. If it’s a WiFi device it should be able to have its firmware user updated. The app should be updated to work with the new network’s tech that’s at least two years old, or at least be reliable using the 10 year old tech.
And since many features of the phone won’t work with the weakly secured (old) router, I suspect the app will either be disallowed in the near future as insecure, or simply cease to function when the phone will no longer allow connections to that type of network. At that point the smoker becomes a very expensive piece of trash.
Ok, I’m done ranting. This is just getting frustrating.