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Is 7.2.8.8 the Latest Orbi Firmware? NETGEAR Orbi Versions and When Updates End

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TL;DR

  • As of November 8, 2026, the newest firmware for the Orbi RBK752, RBK753 and RBK852 is 7.2.8.8, released September 9, 2026.
  • An RBR750, RBR840 or RBR850 router on firmware 4.6.x or older cannot update itself, so update it by hand.
  • NETGEAR sets an end date for each item number. The nine RBK752 item numbers have end dates from December 1, 2025 to October 1, 2027.
  • Every item number of the RBK50, RBK40, RBK20, RBK842 and RBK843S kits is past its end date.

As of November 8, 2026, the newest firmware for the Orbi RBK752, RBK753 and RBK852 is 7.2.8.8, released September 9. If your Orbi shows 7.2.8.8, it is current. NETGEAR's release article says 7.2.8.8 fixes security vulnerabilities. Some other Orbi lines have a different newest number, so find your kit's row in the table and compare.

Newest firmware for each Orbi line

Orbi kitsRouter and satellite1Newest firmwareReleased
RBK752, RBK753, RBK753S, RBK754RBR750, RBS7507.2.8.8September 9, 2026
RBK852, RBK853, RBK854RBR850, RBS8507.2.8.8September 9, 2026
RBK862S, RBK863S, RBK864SRBR860, RBS8607.2.8.8September 7, 2026
RBKE962 to RBKE965RBRE960, RBSE9607.2.8.8September 7, 2026
RBKE953SRBRE950, RBSE9507.2.8.8September 7, 2026
RBK762S, RBK763, RBK763S, RBK764RBR760, RBS7606.3.8.13September 9, 2026
RBK752P, RBK753P, RBK754PRBR750P, RBS750P6.3.8.13September 9, 2026
RBK352, RBK353, RBK354RBR350, RBS3504.4.3.4September 17, 2026
RBK842, RBK843SRBR840, RBS8407.2.8.5December 4, 2025
RBK50, RBK53, RBK50v2 and othersRBR50, RBS502.7.6.6January 13, 2026
RBK40, RBK43, RBK43SRBR40, RBS402.7.6.6January 13, 2026
RBK20, RBK22, RBK23 and othersRBR20, RBS202.7.6.6January 13, 2026
RBK12 to RBK15RBR10, RBS102.7.6.6January 13, 2026

Each release article in the table lists security fixes. The WiFi 7 Orbi, whose model names start with RBE (such as the RBE970), is not in the table.

Check your Orbi's version

  1. In the Orbi app, open the menu, then Settings > Router Settings.
  2. Tap Check for Updates. If the button changes to Update Firmware, a new version is waiting.

You can also log in at orbilogin.net in a browser. The Status page shows the firmware version.

Automatic updates do not work on an RBR750, RBR840 or RBR850 on firmware 4.6.x or older. NETGEAR's advisory says to update it by hand:

  1. Download the router file and the satellite file, for example RBR750-V7.2.8.8.zip and RBS750-V7.2.8.8.zip, from the release article or the product's download page.
  2. On the admin page, go to ADVANCED > Administration > Firmware Update > Manual Update and update the satellites first, one at a time.
  3. Update the router last, so that it can find the satellites after its update.

Each RBK752 item number has its own end date

NETGEAR sets the end date for each item number (SKU)2, not for each model. After that date, NETGEAR's policy says the item number no longer gets updates.

Dot chart of the end-of-service date of each of the nine RBK752 item numbers in NETGEAR's list, from December 1, 2025 (RBK752-100KOS) to October 1, 2027 (RBK752-100NAS), with a line at the 7.2.8.8 release on September 9, 2026: six dates are before it (open full-size image)
Source: NETGEAR end-of-service product list (checked November 8, 2026), NETGEAR firmware article for RBR750/RBS750 7.2.8.8.

The nine RBK752 item numbers in NETGEAR's list have end dates from December 1, 2025 to October 1, 2027. Six of the nine were already past their date when 7.2.8.8 came out. NETGEAR still released 7.2.8.8 for every RBK752, but its policy no longer covers those six.

KitItem numbers in the listEnd dates
RBK7529December 1, 2025 to October 1, 2027
RBK7535October 1, 2025 to January 1, 2028
RBK8527January 1, 2026 to February 1, 2028 (one has no end date yet, because it has not reached its last sale date)

To find your item number, search your model on NETGEAR's end-of-service page. If you cannot tell which one you have, assume that support may already have ended. Even the latest RBK752 date is October 1, 2027, and safeuntil's RBK752 page shows that date.

RBK50, RBK40, RBK20 and RBK842 lines: past every end date

Every item number of the RBK50, RBK40, RBK20, RBK842 and RBK843S in NETGEAR's list is past its end date. The last of them ended on July 15, 2026. The RBK50, RBK40 and RBK20 got 2.7.6.6 with security fixes on January 13, 2026, after most of their end dates. The RBK842 line's newest firmware is 7.2.8.5, from December 2025.

If your kit is not on its last version, install it first, then plan to replace the kit. safeuntil's Orbi RBK50 page shows its latest end date, July 15, 2026.

FAQ

Can I still download firmware for an Orbi past its end date? Yes, for the kits in this post. On November 8, 2026, each release article in the table, including the 2.7.6.6 article for the RBR50 and RBS50, still listed its download links.

Sources

Release dates are the dates written in NETGEAR's release articles. End dates come from the comment of each item number in NETGEAR's end-of-service list (EOS-product-list_sept-26.csv).

Footnotes

  1. An Orbi kit is one router plus one or more satellites, the extra units that spread the WiFi.

  2. A number that NETGEAR gives each version of a model, for example for a country or region. NETGEAR's list adds it after the model name, as in RBK752-100NAS.

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