Firmware 1.30.29.20: "multi-point turning" restored after being removed

What happened

Firmware 1.30.29.20 restored a feature called "multi-point turning" that had previously been removed in an earlier update¹, direct evidence that Mammotion sometimes removes a feature in one release and brings it back without fanfare in a later one.

Mammotion's own statement, August 5, 2026. The removal was confirmed publicly by Mammotion's community account, in its own words: the feature went while the company was "optimizing and upgrading the algorithms across our entire product lineup", with the stated target of restoring "an improved version in an upcoming firmware update", and with owner concerns about lawn wear from zero-turn maneuvers explicitly acknowledged². What the statement does not say is worth as much as what it does: it gives no reason beyond the algorithm overhaul, and it does not mention the injury report linked below. No link between the two is asserted here, in either direction. Its closing line is the closest it comes to a cause: Mammotion says it will "continue to balance technological advancement, operational efficiency, and product and user safety". A Mammotion staff account added in the replies on August 12 that a new, improved version would be released soon and would further improve how the robot turns³. The 136 replies under it are overwhelmingly about the removal itself: owners describing a mower they can no longer run without marking their lawns, and asking for a fix or a revert rather than for the feature to stay as it was.

Why this matters if you're considering a rollback

If you're missing a feature that used to work and are weighing whether to roll back firmware to get it back, it's worth checking recent release notes and forum threads first: there's a real, documented precedent for Mammotion restoring removed functionality in a subsequent update rather than you needing to revert.

Update, September 15, 2026: the same pattern has now happened again on newer hardware: owners report multi-point turning working again in firmware 2.3.30.39 on LUBA 3 and LUBA mini 2, alongside a mixed set of new reports. See Firmware 2.3.30.39: multi-point turning fixed on LUBA 3 AWD and LUBA mini 2 AWD.

Safety context: An automated turn moves the mower into space its sensors do not cover, and that gap has now been reported with an injury behind it: a Swedish news report from July describes a mower with no rear sensors that kept mowing while it reversed over a 15-month-old. It names no manufacturer or model, and nothing connects it to the firmware on this page. It is recorded, with its limits stated, at Reported injuries during multi-point turns. We assert no link between it and any update.