Servers seem worse after the update.

Report this on technical issues. I haven't experienced  anything like this myself, maybe try restarting. The only problem I have with the connection is Lag, and that's to do with bad internet.

@stukapooka @ToastedSarnie Same here. Every game I play on multiplayer is laggy and bugged to hell and back, as if we are playing in the first few weeks of Founders. It’s like they fix one issue, and create one more issue. You know what they say - when one door closes, another door opens.

@stukapooka  It may be because the update has only just been released, I'm not sure, I suggest reporting your issue in Technical Issues here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/bd-p/pvz-battle-neighborville-tech-issues-en, as @Multiwarfare  mentioned. 👍 Hopefully you will get some results that way. 

This game has been full of bugs and has issues from release. They want you to fix it yourself and give you a list of things to check. The root problem is Origin is a terrible gaming company. All they give is band aids to fix their bad games.