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Deco X50 V1.2 abandoned? No firmware update in 14+ months while V1.0 and V1.3 are actively updated

Deco X50 V1.2 abandoned? No firmware update in 14+ months while V1.0 and V1.3 are actively updated
Deco X50 V1.2 abandoned? No firmware update in 14+ months while V1.0 and V1.3 are actively updated
2026-05-18 17:47:29 - last edited 2 weeks ago
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Model: Deco X50  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version:

Hello,

I have a Deco mesh setup with a Deco X50-4G V2 (main node) and 3x Deco X50 V1.2 satellites, all running the latest available firmware. While researching why I can't manually select WiFi channels, I noticed a significant discrepancy in TP-Link's firmware tracks:

 

| Hardware | Latest firmware | Date |

|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|

| X50 V1.0 / V1.6 | 1.8.0 (+ 1.10.0 beta) | Dec 2025 |

| X50 V1.30 / V1.33 | 1.8.2 beta | Apr 2026 |

| X50 V1.2 | 1.4.5 | Sep 2024 — nothing since |

| X50 V3 | 1.5.0 | Aug 2025 |

 

V1.0 and V1.30 both received firmware 1.8.0 which introduced manual WiFi channel selection — a highly requested feature. V1.2 is stuck on 1.4.5 with no announcement, no roadmap, no community thread from TP-Link.

 

I checked TP-Link's official EOL List for Home Networking (V7.1, updated April 13, 2026). Deco X50 V1.2 is not listed as EOL. According to TP-Link's own policy, End of Maintenance follows ~3 years after End Of Sales. So either:

-V1.2 is still officially supported and updates are coming (when?)

-Or it's been quietly dropped without an official EOL notice, which contradicts TP-Link's own policy

V1.2 seems to be a transitional hardware revision sold between V1.0 and V1.3, which may explain why it falls through the cracks — but it's still actively deployed hardware.

Questions for the community

- Is V1.2 officially end-of-life?

- Will it receive the 1.8.x firmware with channel selection?

- If not, what's the migration path for customers still running V1.2?

Channel 44 (5GHz) has 17+ competing networks in my area. Without manual channel selection, there's no way to fix this. Automatic Network "Optimization" is inefficient. Happy to test beta firmware if TP-Link wants to extend the rollout.

Jerome

 

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Re:Deco X50 V1.2 abandoned? No firmware update in 14+ months while V1.0 and V1.3 are actively updated-Solution
2026-05-19 09:46:34 - last edited 2 weeks ago

  @JeromeDeco 

Hi,
If the Deco X50 V1.2 is not on the End-of-Life product list, it's not an EOL model, and we will continue to maintain it.
 

I don't have information on when the Channel Selection feature will be added to the Deco X50 V1.2, but I think it will be added to the Deco via firmware updates in the future. It's recommended to pay attention to future firmware updates for the Deco via the Deco app and the new firmware info on our official website.

 

Best Regards

>> Check What's Currently Going on With Deco >> Deco X50/X50Pro/X50-PoE Pre-Release Firmware 1.7.0 Introduces DoH/DoT, Channel Selection, and More! >> Deco XE75/XE5300/XE75Pro V1 Pre-release Firmware 1.5.0 Introduces DoH/DoT, WireGuard VPN, and More!
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Tuesday - last edited Tuesday

  @Solla-topee 
Quick update. I was able to bypass the "optimization" logic and set a specific channel directly. It took couple of hours, but it was worth it. I won't leak exactly how I did it (it's not something a non technical user can/would do), but if you don't update the firmware for the v1.20, I'm sure soon enough someone else will also discover this.
I will say this, though. The manual channel selection was deliberately obfuscated, as I suspected before. The logic behind it is fully functional, it's just not reachable/exposed

If it wasn't clear enough, the only reason to disable something like this, is forcing users to buy new/high tier products. Any kind of response such as "we want to make the user experience seamless/better etc" are offensive to anyone who actually need to change a settings that was always been available even on the cheapest, low end products. This could have been "hidden" behind an ADVANCED settings and a warning to scare away basic user.
There's no excuse. Shame

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Re:Deco X50 V1.2 abandoned? No firmware update in 14+ months while V1.0 and V1.3 are actively updated
2026-05-19 02:29:35

@Solla-topee 

 

Please advise

 

Thanks

Need help with the Deco app, setup, Ethernet backhaul, network switch or rolling back firmware? Router or AP mode? https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/699816?page=1
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Re:Deco X50 V1.2 abandoned? No firmware update in 14+ months while V1.0 and V1.3 are actively updated
2026-05-19 06:46:37

  @JeromeDeco 

 

I totally agree and V3 got a beta update today so it seems only v1.2 is don't take updates.

 

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2026-05-19 09:46:34 - last edited 2 weeks ago

  @JeromeDeco 

Hi,
If the Deco X50 V1.2 is not on the End-of-Life product list, it's not an EOL model, and we will continue to maintain it.
 

I don't have information on when the Channel Selection feature will be added to the Deco X50 V1.2, but I think it will be added to the Deco via firmware updates in the future. It's recommended to pay attention to future firmware updates for the Deco via the Deco app and the new firmware info on our official website.

 

Best Regards

>> Check What's Currently Going on With Deco >> Deco X50/X50Pro/X50-PoE Pre-Release Firmware 1.7.0 Introduces DoH/DoT, Channel Selection, and More! >> Deco XE75/XE5300/XE75Pro V1 Pre-release Firmware 1.5.0 Introduces DoH/DoT, WireGuard VPN, and More!
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2026-05-19 20:48:06

  @Solla-topee thanks for your answer ! May I ask you to double check the v1.2 roadmap and come back to the community? As you can see, multiple people are impacted and we are anxious to know if there will be updates as it's been 14 months w/o updates.

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2026-05-21 03:26:31

  @JeromeDeco 

Hi, 
I completely understand your concern about the Deco X50  V1.2 firmware updates. At the moment, we don't have roadmap information to share. However, I've noted your request and will forward it to the relevant team to expedite the release of the Deco X50 V1.2 firmware.
Best Regards

>> Check What's Currently Going on With Deco >> Deco X50/X50Pro/X50-PoE Pre-Release Firmware 1.7.0 Introduces DoH/DoT, Channel Selection, and More! >> Deco XE75/XE5300/XE75Pro V1 Pre-release Firmware 1.5.0 Introduces DoH/DoT, WireGuard VPN, and More!
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2 weeks ago

Hello  @Solla-topee 

Were you able to identify if an upcoming update is coming ? Again, lack of control over the channel selection is a problem with current version.

Regards

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  @Solla-topee 

I also been waiting for the manual channel selection since YEARS. I have a zigbee network at home and it's impossible to avoid overlapping between the two networks. I never thought such a simple setting would be deliberately removed from some products. I'll make sure to never by tp-link products ever again, and I'll do the same for all the companies I'll work with

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Tuesday - last edited Tuesday

  @Solla-topee 
Quick update. I was able to bypass the "optimization" logic and set a specific channel directly. It took couple of hours, but it was worth it. I won't leak exactly how I did it (it's not something a non technical user can/would do), but if you don't update the firmware for the v1.20, I'm sure soon enough someone else will also discover this.
I will say this, though. The manual channel selection was deliberately obfuscated, as I suspected before. The logic behind it is fully functional, it's just not reachable/exposed

If it wasn't clear enough, the only reason to disable something like this, is forcing users to buy new/high tier products. Any kind of response such as "we want to make the user experience seamless/better etc" are offensive to anyone who actually need to change a settings that was always been available even on the cheapest, low end products. This could have been "hidden" behind an ADVANCED settings and a warning to scare away basic user.
There's no excuse. Shame

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@danandrea it's a bit weird if people have to "hack" their products to get access to very fundamental features...

I did ask really basic questions about roadmap few weeks ago and quite frankly, the answers we had as of now are a bit disappointing.

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Tuesday - last edited Tuesday

  @JeromeDeco I 100% agree with you. It's outrageous. I do not condone "workarounds" like mine for sensitive stuff like routers and AP, that's why I'm not sharing how I did it. I only hope this would help expedite their firmware lifecycle for 1.20 . It's really not that hard to expose such a basic function. If I could do it without having the source code, technically they can in less than 20 minutes.

PS: After years of struggle, my zigbee network now works FLAWLESSLY with the proper channel separation!

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