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FritzOS 8.40 & 8.25: New firmware for 4 routers & FritzSmart Gateway

Fritz opens the doors to his laboratory again. Three routers will receive fresh beta firmware this weekend. There is also a first test version for the FritzSmart Gateway. A few days ago a FritzBox also received the big update to FritzOS 8.25.

Beta updates for three routers

Towards the end of the week, Fritz is once again distributing new firmware updates. Over the course of the week there were supplies from the laboratory as well as stable firmware for some FritzBox models. Now the Berlin company is upping the ante and providing three routers with a fresh beta in the form of FritzOS 8.40. The update is now available for the following devices:

FritzBox 7690 – Version: 8.40-134832

FritzBox 7590AX – Version: 8.40-134736

FritzBox 7590 – Version: 8.40-134830

After the routers had already received the initial laboratory update for this round, the current update is again minor. In the area of telephony, all three models only require network adaptation (Deutsche Telekom).

Test firmware for smart home

At the beginning of the week there was also this Fritz Smart Gateway celebrated its debut in the current Fritz laboratory and received its first version of FritzOS 8.40 (134668). In addition to improvements and bug fixes, it also brings three new functions to the smart home device:

NEW: If the “Switch off on overload” function is activated, sockets are switched off after a set period of time if a specified power is exceeded

NEW: The if-then link of a routine can be created with multiple triggers

NEW: Brightness measurements are made available in a Matter network

Improvement: Display of statistics when changing counters

Improvement: Zigbee stability

Fixed: Pairing of Zigbee temperature sensors and radiator controllers was lost

Fixed: Current Zigbee color settings were not displayed in the user interface after a restart

More FritzBox receives stable FritzOS

Owners of one have been allowed since yesterday FritzBox 6850 5G v2 also about the big update FritzOS 8.25 be happy. The new firmware, which brings over 30 improvements and bug fixes in areas such as the Internet, telephony and home network, can be downloaded and installed now. FritzOS 8.25 (FritzBox 6850 5G v2) – Complete patch notes

Cellular

Improvement: New software for the cellular modem with improved stability of the cellular connection

Improvement: Maximum data throughput over the cellular connection now reaches values of up to 1.3 GBit/s

Improvement: Information on using beamforming available under Internet/5G Information/Overview

Improvement: Authentication via PAP/CHAP supported

installation

If you want to install the new beta firmware on one of the three FritzBoxes mentioned or your FritzSmart Gateway, you can download the installation files from the Laboratory website for routers or for the smart home device Download manually and upload it via the device interface. The update to FritzOS 8.25 for the FritzBox 6850 5G v2 should install itself in the coming days if the router settings are appropriate. If you prefer to do it yourself, you can also find the installation files on the official website Fritz download server.

Joshua Bato