I have a certain apprehension that what most of the old UM46 users are hoping for is not coming any time at all.
There has been so much time since the last firmware upgrade, that the deviation between the different Ursa generations has become so large, that a new firmware for the old UM46 would be like a complete firmware overhaul, not just some minor updates apart from the whole BRAW thing.
To demonstrate, leave alone some hardware-exclusive fixes for the G2, there have been so many changes even to the UI that it's not just BRAW anymore:
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What's new in Blackmagic Camera Setup 6.3
New support for URSA Mini Pro G2
Add slow-mo frame rates up to 120 fps in 4.6K Blackmagic RAW.
Add windowed rates up to 150 fps in Ultra HD Blackmagic RAW.
Add windowed rates up to 300 frames in HD Blackmagic RAW.
Add frame rates up to 120 fps in Ultra HD ProRes.
Add windowed rates up to 240 fps in 2K and HD ProRes.
Add common off-speed frame rate options above slider.
Add ability to embed custom LUTs in Blackmagic RAW clips.
Add touch-to-focus for EF, PL and B4 lenses with focus servo.
Add ability to change ISO in 1/3 stop increments and ISO slider.
Add Generation 4 color science and HDR LUTs.
Add USB-C Recording to flash disks.
Add support for pixel recalibration on black shading in camera.
Add ability to adjust Line level audio.
Add quick media switching from the heads up display.
Add ability to remap the HFR button.
Add ability to disable function and HFR buttons.
Add LUT icon to Status Text overlays.
Add 'PRE icon to Status Text overlays for preset timecode.
Improved auto focus performance.
Improved media formatting user interface.
Added URSA Mini Pro G2 information to URSA Mini Manual.
With 6.4 now we are getting closer to firmware generation 7 (I don't guess that we'll see 6.8-6.9.1) which would leave the UM46 about two generations behind by then. I fear that this opportunity has passed, with the G2 now more than ever. BMD just wants us to buy the G2 instead of handing the original UM46 off with a nice farewell. I can't blame them at this point, it's just that the update could have easily come out when they dropped cDNG in the UM Pro 46.