Smartview Addin upgrade and APS

We are on EPM 11.1.2.600 and APS version is 11.1.2.102 as is the Smartview addin. Business is looking at the feature set in later releases of the Smartview addin, specifically Smart Query and some of the VBA extensions of later versions.
We are currently an old Essbase addin shop, with plans to go to Smartview in the near future, so I am not as 'up to speed' on Smartview. My question is if we upgrade to the latest and greatest version of Smartview do I need to upgrade the APS server also? I downloaded 11.1.2.5.x and was able to connect to Essbase and planning without issues but I want to make sure all features/functionality is available. Thanks.

May I know which is your APS server , its recommended to use Web logic for latest version .  May be there can be in compatibility if its web sphere !!

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