What is SAM Beta Test Pseudo Update in Download Assist?

Cubase
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Opened Download Assistant this morning and there was a big update.

However I’m being showed an update to install called ‘SAM Beta Test Pseudo Update’ and I’m guessing this shouldn’t be there???

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SAM is the Steinberg Activation Manager.

This could be an internal test by Steinberg that was perhaps accidentally rolled out as an official update.
When I try to install the SAM update, I get a message stating that the current version is already installed.

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LOL
Like @P.A.T said, that was most likely a little accident.
“Pseudo Update” - I would love to read the release notes. What is a pseudo update? A placebo? :laughing:

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Maybe a rebranding is planned and Cubase will soon be called Pseudo.

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Thanks for the report.
That was a preparation for a beta test. Thit it shows up as an update in that place was a side-effect I didn’t expect.
I removed it again. Sorry for the confusion.

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And what if you installed it? Mine was installed on one of my machines but then I became curious and found this thread. SAM appears to still work on that machine btw. Am I now a beta tester? :slightly_smiling_face:

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No worries. It was the same version that is regularly released via Steinberg Download Assistant and the download pages.

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I’m buggered if I’m going to install a beta version of anything without £££s attached.

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You have been using Windows for long enough…one assumes you did get the patch of the patch yesterday… :wink:

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If I did, I didn’t install it, Windows did.

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The plot thickens.