Archer BE550 Pro v1.6
Actively updated well evidenced
firmware is arriving about as often as it always has
33 days since the last release against a median gap of 190 (0.2x)
- Last firmware
- 27 August 2026 (33 days 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 BE550 Pro v2 (US) Actively updated 4 releases
- Archer BE550 Pro v2.6 (US) Actively updated 4 releases
Firmware history
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Archer BE550 Pro(US)_V1.6_1.2.1 Build 20260519 27 August 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.17
This update introduces system optimizations. New Features/Enhancements: 1. Enhanced system security and stability
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer BE550 Pro(US)_V1.6_1.1.2 Build 20251022 19 November 2025
Release notes — disclosure 0.48
This update introduces bug fixes and system optimizations. New Features/Enhancements: 1. Enhanced system security and stability. 2. Optimized Parental Control function. Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed conflicts between address reservation and IP & MAC binding functions. 2. Fixed VPN connection issues in some scenarios. 3. Fixed an issue with abnormal traffic statistics in some scenarios.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer BE550 Pro(US)_V1.6_1.1.1 Build 20241115 3 December 2024
Release notes — disclosure 0.33
This update introduced a huge amount of bug fixing and function optimization, then also enhanced the compatibility and system stability with the newest WiFi7 client.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer BE550 Pro(US)_V1.6_1.1.0 Build 20240730 26 August 2024
Release notes — disclosure 0.40
This firmware introduced the webpage for EasyMesh Satellite mode, EasyMesh network topo, newly add EasyMesh in AP mode and third-party built-in VPN server. Please note that after upgrading to this firmware, you cannot downgrade back to the previous firmware.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer BE550 Pro(US)_V1.6_1.0.7 Build 20240626 23 July 2024
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
First firmware released.
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 BE550 Pro
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.