neat Neat Center Update Version Neat OS 26.3.0

Neat OS 26.3.0 adds WPA3 and 6 GHz Wi-Fi, web-based 802.1X configuration, external HDMI audio, expanded language support, and unified BYOD behavior. It also delivers audio, camera, HDMI, networking, and stability improvements.

• Adds WPA3-Personal, WPA3-Enterprise, and WPA2/WPA3 transition-mode support, enabling connections to WPA3-secured and 6 GHz Wi-Fi networks.
• Adds web-based 802.1X configuration for Wi-Fi and Ethernet, including SCEP, standard CSR workflows, and PEM certificate bundles.
• Improves SSL certificate fingerprint mismatch diagnostics during device pairing.

• Fixes USB audio disconnects, missing output, and severe noise during Zoom-to-Microsoft Teams interoperability calls on Neat Bar Pro and Neat Board Pro.
• Corrects DHCP Option 42 NTP failover so devices return to the advertised NTP server after it becomes reachable.
• Improves Microsoft Teams Casting Bluetooth initialization on Neat Bar Pro.
• Reduces microphone latency on Neat Center and Neat Pad Pro by approximately 38 ms.
• Improves camera selection with multiple Neat Centers and makes the audio mixer follow speaker changes more responsively.
• Improves Voice Isolation in reverberant rooms and raises microphone send level by approximately 1 dB.
• Fixes French localization gaps in System Settings and restores auto-framing modes for Neat Center-only camera configurations in Microsoft Teams.
• Corrects 21:9 HDMI resolution negotiation on Neat Bar Pro and synchronizes HDMI-shared audio with video.
• Fixes Zoom Multi-Stream error notifications when Neat Bar Pro is paired with Neat Center.
• Reduces false room-occupancy reports in Zoom Room Scheduler caused by ultrasound motion detection.

• Gen 2 Neat devices can output far-end and content audio over HDMI to external active or passive room speakers, with internal-plus-external and external-only modes.
• Adds WPA3 connectivity, including support for 6 GHz Wi-Fi 6E networks.
• Adds web-interface configuration for Wi-Fi and Ethernet 802.1X authentication, including certificate-chain uploads and SCEP provisioning.
• Adds Swedish device-language support and completes Japanese localization for menus and BYOD text.
• Unifies Auto BYOD and Manual BYOD controls, including a swipe-menu BYOD button and an on-screen Exit BYOD mode button.

• Neat Pad Pro cannot pair directly with Neat Bar-family devices running Neat OS 24.6; use an intermediate device on a newer release. This is resolved in Neat OS 26.5.0 Preview.
• Neat Pad microphones may turn off after a paired device restarts or reconnects over Wi-Fi. Re-enable them through the room device settings in Neat Pulse.
• Neat Board 32 may briefly flash black when opening the swipe-left menu in BYOD-only mode.
• Disabling Color Correction may not take effect immediately and can take approximately 30 seconds or longer.
• Speaker Framing may select the wrong in-room person when external speakers are used, particularly when speakers are far from the Neat device.
• Neat devices may respond to foreign PTPv2 multicast Delay_Req messages on the same network and PTP domain, potentially affecting AES67 or other PTPv2 equipment.
• The Framing Boundary tutorial is unavailable in Google Meet mode.
• Auto BYOD sessions may take longer than expected to exit after USB disconnection and may produce a brief audio spike.
• Preview-channel devices may no longer respect Keep Screen On; disable Screen Standby to keep the display on.
• Changing Neat settings during an active Google Meet call may unexpectedly end the call for affected EFT customers.
• Additional limitations remain for Framing Boundary controls, camera previews and LEDs, Teams Pad responsiveness, Zoom Companion Room mode, Zoom Advanced Noise Suppression, external USB audio switching, high-resolution OOB displays, simultaneous OTA downloads, and HDMI CEC wake behavior.

• Stable updates are now scheduled per Neat Pulse organization. Check Updates > Neat OS Roadmap in Neat Pulse for the organization-specific schedule.
• Organizations not using Neat Pulse continue receiving Preview and Stable updates through automatic OTA deployment.
• Devices must be powered on, connected to the internet, configured for the Stable channel, and have Automatic updates enabled to upgrade automatically.
• HDMI audio requires a third-party HDMI audio de-embedder and cannot be used simultaneously with Audio over USB. External audio equipment must maintain suitable latency and avoid distortion.
• For Neat Bar Pro HDMI audio, HDMI 2 carries audio in dual-display setups. In HDMI 1 plus HDMI 3 configurations, HDMI 3 carries audio; single-display setups require Screen Mirroring.
• HDMI audio provides far-end and content audio only, not in-room voice lift or sound reinforcement.
• Supported software combinations include Zoom Rooms Controller 7.1.5 (5387), Zoom Room Appliance 7.1.5 (10317), Chromium M141, and Pulse Agent 2.3.44.
• Neat Frame is excluded from Neat OS 26.3.0 and continues receiving separate Zoom application updates.
• Neat devices enrolled in Neat Pulse must have updates managed through Neat Pulse; the device Software Update option may be unavailable.

Product Information

Vendor: neat

Product: Neat Center

Product type: Hardware

Version: Neat OS 26.3.0

Vendor information published: Sep 3, 2026

Release date: Sep 5, 2026

Original release notes: View on vendor site

Published on updatealert.io: Oct 24, 2026

Description: Neat Center is a companion device that lets remote meeting attendees follow the conversation more closely by clearly hearing and seeing everyone in the room, even when those in the room are far away from the main device or facing inward, discussing something among themselves.