0.6.1 update: device has it, yet build console insists it has 0.6.0

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I had the same issue.
I checked however the version using this approach

Determining the version of system firmware on a Photon/P1

Here’s how you can determine what version of system firmware is installed on your device: connect your device to your computer with a USB cable press the SETUP button for 3 seconds to enter setup mode. using a serial monitor such as PuTTY (Windows) or screen (linux/OSX), to connect to the device press ‘v’ - this prints the system version, e.g. 0.4.5 If this produces no output, then you most likely have an older version (pre 0.4.4) that doesn’t support this command. Instead, press s…

and it showed the correct version