So, what of the roadmap?Īspects of the roadmap are necessarily vague – the LEGO Group are not in the business of discussing unannounced products. The vision is that retiring products with their own App will be migrated into Powered Up, ensuring relative longevity of the hardware, after explicit support has been discontinued. However,We saw earlier this year that European law currently requires that any app is maintained to run on current hardware for two years after the associated products are retired (as such, expect LEGO VIDIYO to be available for 2 years after the brick based products were officially retired earlier this year. With regard to longevity, it is unlikely that any product will live for ever. Control +, which app designed to work with the connected LEGO Technic models is another example of a platform ‘big enough for its own app’ The current connected DUPLO trains use the same underlying protocols, as do the LEGO Super Mario Connected bricks, however, they are all managed within their own app. Particularly sets fitting into the LEGO Ideas LEGO City Super heroes Disney Creator Expert/ICONS lines. The second refers to providing a ‘home’ for LEGO sets that might not be ‘big enough’ to get their own app. The first refers to using the app to provide control, either autonomous or in response to activating controls on a virtual remote (or even the physical remote) Ensuring longevity of Connected play experiences.
Actuators include motors, lights and matrix light panels. Sensors include pressure movement rotation, light/colour and distant. Powered Up refers to the connected ecosystem for use with LEGO toys: a combination of the Powered Up App central hubs (some include motors, sensors, and/or lights panels) a hand held remote sensors and actuators.
This image from 2021 conveys the general nature of the Powered up Ecosystem, but leaves out the new Spike essentials hub and display. It has been a little while since I presented any material on Powered Up, partly because I had been frustrated by the apparent lack of progress and, indeed, the lack of significant new material to discuss. As part of the event, Fleming Bjørn Jessen, product manager for Powered Up provided an update on the current roadmap for the platform. The Rambling Brick recently attended the LEGO Fan Media Days with our Extra Pieces Collaborator, Jay’s Brick Blog.
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