I have the same issue.
The SBrick Scratch Driver (Version: 0.448 2019-02-27 / 1752838265967) works fine on win11 and i can connect to my SBrick+ and control the connected power function motors and lights without issues.
However, neither in Scratch (any version) nor Makecode/micro:bit can i get the Sbrick+ to work.
As for Scratch:
I used to be able to control the SBrick+ via Scratch and later ScratchX via browser.
This does not work anymore since neither the old scratch nor ScratchX is available via browser any longer.
As for Scratch 2 Offline Editor (v461): it does not offer an extension for SBrick and even opening up a template file from the sbrick driver (e.g. SBrickScratchSmartProject.sb2) will work.
As for Makecode:
The micro:bit connects to my SBrick+ but it not possible to control power cuntions motors nor lights
Same problem as described here:
https://youtu.be/xUep1-gArcM?si=Ad7C11xHcSGHa1Ue&t=373
Is there any way to control the SBrick+ in any other way than with a phone app?
No news on Scratch 3 compability?
You can use SBrick Pro app (available for testing in mobile/tablet) on windows https://pro.sbrick.com
You can also connect to SBrick with Microbit https://makecode.microbit.org/pkg/vengit/pxt-sbrick
You can use SBrick with ScrachX or Scrach 2.0 also.
I am struggling to find a straight forward solution to make use of our SBrick+ beyond remote control.
We have use of a Mac and/or iPad and want to code instructions to the SBrick+
Ideally we wanted to use scratch as this is what my son will be using on a robotics course with EV3 but it seems this is currently not an option?
I have just tried follow the instructions with Swift Playgrounds from your document with no success.
What actually works without needing work arounds?