If you want to keep track of the development, this might be interesting to follow (no news tho’ 
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https://github.com/spark/firmware/issues/396
Unfortunately there are more pressing issues that need to be addressed first, but it’s on the slate, so it won’t get lost.
I’ve seen some testcode to leverage the SoftAP into user apps, which will be a stepping stone on the way.
https://github.com/spark/firmware/pull/906