Why is Orbi telling me to upgrade to FV 2.5.2.4 when I'm in US region

The it would be logical for Netgear to specify directly to the users on their website which software release was for early testers and which software was for general release. It's not rocket science & it's not hard to do. People come to their website if they have an issue  & see what the current firmware release is and assume that firmware must be installed. The information being provided is misleading and the fault is entirely Netgear's.

I don't have issues with Netgear's hardware but Netgear fumbles again & again with releasing Orbi firmware that isn't ready ready for prime time. I have used home routers for over 20 years & I have never had as much confusion & lack of information as a I have had from Orbi in the 1.5 years I owned this router. The Orbi app indicates for you to upgrade the firmware. Logging into the Orbi router indicates new firmware to update. And now  netgear community moderators tell us that's you really only update if you want to be an early tester.  Total incompetence.

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FURRYe38 wrote:

 It's up to you if you want to udpate or not. NG isn't pushing v70 since this is as new FW version for nerwer parental controlls and Circle support. So NG is only giving the FW files for those in the US region who want to manually update. v4 is just a notification for users that it's avaiable if you want the system to update to this version. You don't have too and NG isn't auto pushing it. 

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