More than 60 updates and improvements: FRITZ!OS 8 brings more clarity and more convenience to the home network

• New online monitor provides information on internet usage per device
• Mesh Overview – better identify devices in the home and guest network
• New visualization of Wi-Fi usage and FRITZ!Box setup via app
• IPv6 data can now be transmitted via a WireGuard VPN tunnel
• Smart home: new options with scenes and routines

AVM is starting the roll-out of the major FRITZ!OS 8 update today, which offers more than 60 new features and improvements for all current FRITZ! products. With this free update, users receive new graphic displays of internet and Wi-Fi utilization as well as better identification of the many devices in the home and guest networks. In addition, there are more smart home scenarios that can be set up and fast and secure VPN access with WireGuard is now also available for IPv6 data. Things have also been made easier for newcomers to FRITZ!Box. FRITZ!Box models that have FRITZ!OS 8 on board can be set up in no time at all using a smartphone with the MyFRITZ!App. FRITZ!OS 8 increases the security and stability of all FRITZ! products across the board, ensuring a long service life. FRITZ!OS 8 is available today for the FRITZ!Box 7590 AX. The update will be rolled out gradually for other current FRITZ!Box models, FRITZ!Repeaters and FRITZ!Powerline products. Users will get the update to FRITZ!OS 8 automatically if the Auto Update feature is activated or directly by clicking on "Start Update" in the "fritz.box" user interface. Find out more about all the new features and improvements at en.avm.de/products/fritzos.

Who is sucking up the most data? Online Monitor displays load for individual devices

The new Online Monitor informs users about the load on the internet connection by individual network devices in the home and guest networks. Users can also compare the data traffic of various network devices, allowing them to optimally distribute the data rate.

Mesh Overview: Identify devices in the home network

With FRITZ!OS 8 you can assign recognizable names and symbols to devices in the home network and in the guest network, directly in the Mesh Overview. Clicking on the tooltip opens more details on the LAN connections between individual FRITZ! devices.

A new graph of Wi-Fi use in the home network

When is the Wi-Fi in the home network used most intensively? With the new graph of the load on the Wi-fi network, users can now optimize Wi-Fi use in the home network.

Fast and secure VPN with WireGuard – now also for IPv6 connections

The secure WireGuard VPN tunnel now also supports the transmission of IPv6 data, making it even easier to set up secure connections to the FRITZ!Box home network. FRITZ!OS 8 thus provides additional security for when working from home or via remote access. With the WireGuard Wizard, encrypted connections can be quickly set up on smartphones, notebooks or PCs using a QR code or software.

Smart home: new options with scenes and routines

FRITZ!OS 8 comes with several new smart home features: On the device page of the FRITZ!Smart Control 350 door-window contact in the FRITZ!Box user interface, window open detection can now be set up for selected radiator controls. In addition, the new templates allow users to set the target temperature for radiator controls and the brightness, saturation and color for lights, as well as adjust the position of roller shutters in percentages. Furthermore, the temperature settings for radiator controls can now be restricted to a minimum and maximum temperature. Routines can now also be triggered by a preset time or a time relative to sunrise/sunset.

For offices: Even more DECT calls possible at the same time

FRITZ!OS 8 also offers more convenience for offices where a lot of phone calls are made. The capacity for parallel DECT calls has been increased´, meaning up to five calls can now be made at the same time, instead of just three as was previously the case. With the release of FRITZ!OS 8, this will be possible for the FRITZ!Box models 7590, 7590 AX and 7583.

Set up FRITZ!Box with a smartphone

With FRITZ!OS 8 and later, users can set up a FRITZ!Box using a smartphone that has the MyFRITZ!App installed. The app guides users step-by-step through the entire installation process, directly from their smartphone or tablet. Setting up a FRITZ!Box for the first time, already known as an easy process, is now even faster and more intuitive thanks to the new user-friendly interface on the user's mobile device. Setting up a FRITZ!Box can be that easy: Download the MyFRITZ!App, scan the QR code and the First Configuration Wizard helps with all further steps.