# AmpliPro In-Wall Controller with Spotify lacks features

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**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [January 27, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipro-in-wall-controller-with-spotify-lacks-features/400 "2026-01-27T02:58:03Z")\
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I’ll have to apologize, I misspoke when I said those buttons are capable of MQTT. They are capable of that, but our current factory-shipped software doesn’t support it.

The repo you linked to is our old wallpanel software. That was written in microPython, a language that is similar to what flagship AmpliPi is written in which made it easier to work on, but also a language that isn’t very responsible with system resources which caused many issues with memory overflow errors.  
Our new version of the wall panel is written in C for more direct memory control, and is currently closed source. It seems we haven’t yet ported 100% of old functionality over in favor of getting a more stable product out, MQTT is on the to-do list yet and will be top of the list after we complete our [OS upgrade](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-plans-to-support-cm4-or-cm5/301/12).

Since you’re flashing NSPanels you can attempt to flash a panel with that old code, just note that if you do so you may run into that memory overflow error I mentioned and find yourself in need of using a paperclip or push pin to hit the reset button, located in the hole in the center of the bottom of the unit on occasion.

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