Finally after couple of months of launching the amazing hardware, Netgear came out with an app. Please don't get your hopes high with this app. It is an utterly useless app. The only functionality it offers is renaming SSID and password. Netgear needs to look around to see the functionality Google, LUMA and Eero offers through its app.

We still cooling our jets? April and still an essentially pointless app. Disappointing for sure

I traded in a Luma wifi system for the Orbi since the Luma hardware didn't provide me the coverage I needed. The Orbi meets my needs. But I've got to say, the Luma app provide so much control for managing the network than the current version of the Orbi app. With the Orbi app only thing that can be done is changing SSID and password. It's missing the following:1) QoS2) Parental control3) Pausing internet4) setting time limits for devices5) blocking devicesNetgear has one of the best whole home wifi systems. But it is extremely disappointing for them to release an app that does basically nothing!

I have to agree. After updating the firmware, I downloaded the new app and after 5 minutes deleted it from my tablet. I am very happy with my Orbi system and hopefully the app will be made useful as we go along.

I purchased and setup my Orbi on December 12, 2016 and the app also got release on the same day. I installed the app from Apple App store. First of all, it kept shutting down when i tried to select the existing setup. Finally I selected new setup and then it worked. But I don't see any use of this app besides seeing connected devices.

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ConstantineP
Star
Nov 01, 2017
Oh yeah, the app ! Well much improvement made, I use all 3 apps !! But seriously, i just log on through web for advanced and use app just to reboot, block kids, check connections. Eventualy we will have the web interface in the app.....😜
- Orbi-Roc
  Luminary
  Apr 09, 2018
  Yeah, I'm late coming to this community, but for what it's worth, I personally like the Orbi app, so I guess it must have improved quite a bit over the last six months or so. The only feature that consistently fails for me is the speed test, powered by Ookla. So I down loaded the free Ookla speed test app from the Mac App Store, and it works like a charm. So I'm a happy camper ... for now.!:smileywink:

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