LiveView by Sony EricssonThe folks at Sony Ericsson have made a new firmware version available for the LiveView accessory, recently reviewed here at Running Digital. The update software only runs on Windows and is available here: Sony Ericsson Update

Since I was allowed to keep my LiveView test unit in anticipation of this new firmware release, I’ll be updating tonight and will report my findings with an edit to this post.

This news comes from a post by Rikard Skogberg at Sony Ericsson’s Product Blog. Quoting:

Here are some of the highlights of the update:

  • Improved stability in the phone application (latest update available on Android Market as of minutes ago)
  • Improved plug-in handling and limit of number of installed plug-ins raised to 30.
  • Connection stability improved – most identified reasons for random disconnects should be fixed now.
  • There were some cases of random reboots reported, and all those reported crashes have now been resolved.
  • Compatibility with competitor phones is greatly improved, both in regards to stability and to battery life time.
  • Automatic reconnect when coming back in range improved.

Rikard also points out that over 30 different LiveView plugins are now available.