Deco M4R v2
Gone quiet well evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1336 days since the last release against a median gap of 105 (12.7x)
- Last firmware
- 1 February 2023 (4 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 10
- Update rhythm
- about every 3 months
- Support observed
- ≥3 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.
- Deco M4R v1 (US) Gone quiet 11 releases
- Deco M4R v4 Not enough evidence 0 releases
Firmware history
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_1.5.6 Build 20221229 1 February 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.42
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Newly added ECO Mode (includes Power Mode, Wi-Fi Schedule, and LED Control) to save energy. 2. Fixed some minor bugs.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_1.5.5 Build 20220823 15 September 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.32
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Optimized total performance and fixed some minor bugs.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_1.5.4_220113 14 February 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.41
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that Deco loses Internet connection under some ISP lines. 2. Improved system reliability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_1.5.2_20210916 9 November 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.52
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1.Fixed the issue that Port Forwarding doesn't take effect in some cases. 2.Optimized the problem that Kasa devices can't be added through Deco APP in some cases. 3.Fixed the problem that Zoom applications are banned by the Pay-to-Surf category under Parental Control. 4.Fixed some other bugs and optimized the overall performance.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_200918 29 September 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.43
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed the Wi-Fi encryption type as WPA2-PSK [AES] to ensure the security of the Wi-Fi connection. 2. Added the option to change the Wi-Fi encryption type.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_20200727 12 August 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Enhanced total security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_200628 15 July 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.48
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Added switch for the UPnP function. 2. Add Google Assistant support. 3. Added isolation switch for the main network and guest network in Access Point mode. 4. Improved performance and stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_190917 9 December 2019
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Improved total performance.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_190801 26 August 2019
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Improved total performance.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Deco M4R(US)_V2_190625 15 August 2019
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
First firmware release.
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 Deco M4R
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.