In response to questions about renaming LEGO Power Functions to LEGO Powered Up, the LEGO Powered Up team confirmed that although initially they used LEGO Power Functions 2.0 as the name of the new LEGO electronic building platform, they now refer to it as LEGO Powered Up.

The LEGO Powered Up platform was designed to replace LEGO Power Functions completely, and also reach into other product lines that used different electronic systems. Current products using elements from the LEGO Powered Up platform are as follows: LEGO WeDo 2.0, LEGO BOOST, LEGO City trains, LEGO DUPLO trains, and the LEGO Super Heroes App-Controlled Batmobile. All new electronics sets from now on will use the LEGO Powered Up platform, including LEGO System sets, LEGO Technic sets, LEGO DUPLO sets, and LEGO Education sets. Lego train sets are great for people of all ages. This list includes train sets for ages toddler up to adult. Regardless of the skill level, Lego is enjoyed by everyone involved in the build. It doesn’t matter if there are many colorful pieces or just a few, everyone wants to play Lego!In regards to how many LEGO Powered Up hubs a single remote can control, the LEGO Powered Up Team shared that you can link up to five devices together. With a mobile smart device, the current limit is up to ten hubs, but this is device-dependent. As far as how many motors you can control with a single hub, with the Smart Move Hub 2 I/O used in the LEGO BOOST set, you can control up to four motors (two internal and two external), and with the Smart Hub 2 I/O, you can control two external motors. With the launch of the new LEGO Power Functions 2.0 (now referred to as LEGO Powered Up) system in the #60197 LEGO City Passenger Train, #60198 LEGO City Cargo Train, and #76112 LEGO Super Heroes App-Controlled Batmobile, a lot of questions and concerns surfaced from the LEGO fan community. Ambassadors of the various recognized LEGO fan groups were asked to gather and submit questions from their members, so the LEGO Powered Up team can answer them. Below, I have included a summary of some of the topics that was discussed, and you can read the full discussion in this LEGO Ambassador Network blog post and comment section. 🙂

While some of the components of the new platform look very similar to LEGO Power Functions (i.e. battery box, motors, etc.), there are some significant differences that make the two systems incompatible; the wired connections have different connectors, and the wireless connection uses Bluetooth instead of Infrared. (This wireless connection is used both between the physical LEGO Powered Up elements, and for connecting to mobile smart devices.) If you are interested in the new system, I encourage you to read the full discussion at this LEGO Ambassador Network blog post and comment section. And, if you are curious to try out the new LEGO Powered Up platform yourself, the #60197 LEGO City Passenger Train, #60198 LEGO City Cargo Train, and #76112 LEGO Super Heroes App-Controlled Batmobile are available at the Online LEGO Shop.Manual functions include 4-wheel steering, 4-wheel drive, detailed V8 engine with moving pistons and fan, adjustable wing mirrors and an opening cab door. In response to questions about the electrical characteristics of the system, like maximum current at the outputs, minimum and maximum voltage at the outputs, torque of the various motors, and how these compare to LEGO Power Functions 1.0 components, the LEGO Powered Up team stated that these will be shared later this year.