I did get a very prompt answer :
""" Thanks for reaching out.
If the Oven is working perfectly with its current firmware version, then you may leave it as is. Just kindly ensure it's not connected to your WiFi, so it won't automatically update when a newer firmware version is released.
I hope this helps!
Lester Lloyd Mayao
Anova Culinary ""
I did reference Catch - 22
just in case
Im hopefully , as they ship out the APO
it comes w the latest
then again , w shipping delays ...