Archer AX55 v4.6
Actively updated well evidenced
firmware is arriving about as often as it always has
70 days since the last release against a median gap of 168 (0.4x)
- Last firmware
- 21 July 2026 (2 months ago)
- Releases seen
- 5
- Update rhythm
- about every 6 months
- Support observed
- ≥2 years
- Vendor's promise
- no support period we can evaluate
- Patch latency
- not measurable — its changelogs name no CVE ids
Which one do I have?
TP-Link ships this model in more than one hardware revision, and they do not share firmware. The revision is printed on the label on the underside, usually after the model — Ver 1.0, V4.6. Getting it wrong is the easiest way to read the wrong answer here.
- Archer AX55 v1 (US) Gone quiet 20 releases
- Archer AX55 v1.6 (US) Gone quiet 10 releases
- Archer AX55 v4 (US) Actively updated 3 releases
Firmware history
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Archer AX55(US)_V4.6_1.2.1 Build 20260527 21 July 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
New Features/Enhancement: Enhanced device security and stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer AX55(US)_V4.6_251030 16 January 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
New Features/Enhancements: Enhanced system stability and security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer AX55(US)_V4.6_1.1.2 Build 20241014 12 December 2024
Release notes — disclosure 0.43
New Features/Enhancement: Enhanced device stability. Improved loading speed of the historical device list in the Tether client. Optimized the OpenVPN component. This firmware cannot be degraded to the previous version.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer AX55(US)_V4.6_1.1.1 Build 20240531 15 July 2024
Release notes — disclosure 0.48
Modifications: 1.Add support for EasyMesh Network via Ethernet Backhaul; 2.Improved capability to detect and categorize connected client devices; 3.Enhanced HomeShield function; 4.Enhanced device security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer AX55(US)_V4.6_1.0.3 Build 20240507 18 June 2024
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
Modifications: Enhanced device security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
Evidence
One archived page sits behind this record, the earliest read on 1 August 2026. Everything above was read from it, and each is kept byte for byte so it can be checked after the vendor edits the original.
Identifiers: marketing_name Archer AX55
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.