So far my luck is holding and I have had no problems with the 12/25 update. It also is displaying the correct version number. I guess I got one made on Wednesday!
I have the best luck connecting when I turn on my OSMO just before I open the wifi preferences. It seems to come up on the list of devices more quickly that way.
I did two test panos from the top of our parking garage a couple of days ago. If you have an apple computer at least, when you import the photos into the Photo app, the panos will appear there. Not sure how it works with Windows.