FCC to allow banned drones and routers to receive critical updates until 2029

The FCC just threw American consumers a two-year lifeline, but don’t expect it to go much beyond that.

Good news for owners of foreign-made drones and routers: the Federal Communications Commission has amended its original deadline that would have banned firmware updates to these devices after March 1, 2027.

In an announcement posted on May 8, 2026, the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) …

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