Archer GE650 v1.6
Slowing down well evidenced
updates are coming less often than this product's own history
92 days since the last release against a median gap of 56 (1.6x)
- Last firmware
- 29 June 2026 (3 months ago)
- Releases seen
- 7
- Update rhythm
- about every 2 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 GE650 v2.6 (US) Actively updated 3 releases
Firmware history
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Archer GE650(US)_V1.6_1.3.0 Build 20260331 29 June 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.57
This update introduces lots of new functions and system optimizations. New Features/Enhancements: 1. Enhanced system security and stability. 2. Newly support USB format and health scan function, optimized USB stability and compatibility. 3. Newly support built-in third-party VPN: IPVanish, PureVPN. 4. Newly support DHCP detection function. 5. Newly support password recovery function. 6. Newly support DoH Advanced function. 7. Newly support EasyMesh to extend the IoT WiFi. 8. Optimized the HomeShield function. 9. Optimized the WTFast function.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer GE650(US)_V1.60_1.1.2 Build 20250828 12 September 2025
Release notes — disclosure 0.36
New Features/Enhancements: 1.Improved system security and stability. Bug Fixes: 1.Fixed the bug that prevented logging into the web page in some scenarios. 2.Fixed the bug that caused some games to freeze when logged in in certain scenarios.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer GE650(US)_V1.60_1.1.1 Build 20250610 14 July 2025
Release notes — disclosure 0.26
New Features/Enhancements: 1.Improved system security and stability. Bug Fixes: 1.Fixed the bug where activating guest network bandwidth control unintentionally restricted the speed of all main network bands.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer GE650(US)_V1.6_250430 23 May 2025
Release notes — disclosure 0.42
This firmware introduces wireless driver update to enhance the system stability and compatibility, also a lot of new functions supported like DoH/DoT and EasyMesh in AP mode, so it's strongly recommended to upgrade to this version. Please notice that you cannot downgrade back to the 1.0.x firmware after upgrade to this newer 1.1.0 firmware.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer GE650(US)_V1.6_1.0.5 Build 20250224 11 April 2025
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Note: Enhanced system stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer GE650(US)_V1.6_1.0.4 Build 20240920 5 December 2024
Release notes — disclosure 0.41
Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed various minor bugs related to UI elements not displaying correctly. 2. Fixed other bugs.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer GE650(US)_V1.6_1.0.3 Build 20240822 17 October 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 GE650
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.