**New features:**

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- User interface: Diagram showing the connections in the overview (homepage)
- New Online Monitor informs about the load on the internet connection and the load by individual network devices
- Internet: Now IPv6 data can also be transmitted via a WireGuardŽ VPN tunnel
- Mesh: Redesigned diagram of all devices connected with the FRITZ!Box with additional functions
- Push service: Reworked design and more convenience


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With each FRITZ!OS update, AVM also updates its security functions. Therefore we recommend performing the update for all devices.

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Below you find a complete list and descriptions of the new functions in the latest FRITZ!OS, along with a list of further improvements in this version.

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# Top functions of FRITZ!OS 8.03

## Internet:
- **TOP** Internet: IPv6 data now can also be transferred via a WireGuardŽ VPN tunnel
- **TOP** New graphic Online Monitor informs about the utilization of the internet connection and on the utilization by individual network devices

## Mesh:
- **TOP** Mesh: Graph in new design with additional functions

## System:
- **TOP** Push service: Reworked design and more convenience

# New functions of FRITZ!OS

## Internet:
- **NEW** IPv6 data now can also be transferred via a WireGuardŽ VPN tunnel (new WireGuardŽ connection required, no forwarding of IPv6 data to the internet)
- **NEW** New graphic Online Monitor with additional information about the utilization of the internet connection by individual network devices
- **NEW** Online time limited by parental controls can be extended by 45 minute intervals directly on the Details settings page of the network device

## Wi-Fi:
- **NEW** Visualization of Wi-Fi usage in the home network for the last 7 days added on "Wi-Fi > Wi-Fi Channel"

## Mesh:
- **NEW** Devices using the guest network can be assigned names and icons of their own in the graph of the Mesh overview
- **NEW** Home network devices can be assigned names and icons of their own in the graph of the Mesh overview (tooltip for home network device)

## Home Network:
- **NEW** Better overview through individual icons for network devices
- **NEW** Even devices that use the guest network can be assigned individual names

## Smart Home:
- **NEW** Integration of the Matter communication standard (FRITZ!Smart Gateway)
- **NEW** On the device page of FRITZ!DECT 350 window sensor in the FRITZ!Box user interface, window open detection can be configured for the selected radiator controls
- **NEW** Routines can also be triggered by a preset time or a time relative to sunrise/sunset
- **NEW** The temperature that can be set for radiator controls can be restricted by defining a maximum and minimum temperature (software version 5.20 or later for FRITZ!DECT 301 and FRITZ!DECT 302)
- **NEW** The templates also allow the user to set the target temperature for radiator controls; the brightness, saturation, and color for lights, and the position for roller shutters in percentage steps

## Powerline:
- **NEW** Password for all devices in the powerline network can be changed with a single click

# Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS

## Internet:
- **Change** For VPN connections via IPSec, AES-192 is no longer supported as an encryption algorithm in the Phase 2 security associations (SA)
- **Change** In PPPoE passthrough operation of the FRITZ!Box, DNS root queries are no longer filtered via UDP
- **Change** The IPv6 option "Assign unique local addresses (ULA) as long as no IPv6 internet connection exists (recommended)" is no longer offered
- **Change** The hash algorithm MD5 and the 3DES encryption algorithm are no longer used on VPN connections over IPSec for reasons of security
- **Fixed** Changes to the device name of a device in the home network were not transmitted to MyFRITZ!Net
- **Fixed** During operation of the FRITZ!Box on an external modem or router, limitations of the internet connection occurred
- **Fixed** In some circumstances active WireGuardŽ connections were interrupted when adding or deleting WireGuardŽ connections
- **Fixed** Independent port sharing (UPnP) for the same port with various home network devices did not work under certain circumstances
- **Fixed** No internet connection after update to FRITZ!OS 8.00 when no password included in account information
- **Fixed** Sometimes IPSec VPN connections with the option to route all data traffic via this connection did not work
- **Fixed** Sometimes emails about push service or MyFRITZ!Net were sent with empty login information
- **Fixed** The preferred user for default login with the FRITZ!Box during MyFRITZ! access from the internet was not transmitted to MyFRITZ!Net
- **Fixed** Under certain circumstances, OpenWrt devices operated behind a FRITZ!Box did not receive an IPv6 connection to the internet
- **Fixed** Under some circumstances the network traffic of a connected telephone system was not routed via a specially configured VoIP interface
- **Fixed** VPN connections via WireGuardŽ to an endpoint given as multiple (comma separated) domains could not be established
- **Fixed** When data traffic is active in both directions, restrictions in internet speeds or voice quality could occur during internet access via LAN (router)
- **Fixed** When using certain mobile sticks, the fallback to mobile network in the extended failure protection did not work
- **Improved** Added notification about potential risk of sharing port 80 or 443
- **Improved** EDNS0 expansions for local domains (fritz.box) to improve interoperability with Linux system (systemd-resolved) during use of DNS-SEC
- **Improved** For VPN network couplings via WireGuardŽ, the "fritz.box" domain is resolved in the entire coupled network
- **Improved** For VPN network couplings via WireGuardŽ, the domain of the remote site can be specified for DNS resolution
- **Improved** If the configured time server could not determine the system time, the system time is obtained from a public time server
- **Improved** Improved details during the initial configuration behind a fiber optic modem (ONT)
- **Improved** More precise explanations of errors during the configuration of WireGuardŽ connections
- **Improved** Preselection of easiest configuration method for the internet providers Telekom, Vodafone, and EWE for initial configuration on a fiber optic connection
- **Improved** When sharing internet access to FRITZ!Box services, an additional IP block list from AVM can be used

## Wi-Fi:
- **Change** For improved compatibility with older wireless devices, security settings can be adjusted on the "Wi-Fi > Security" page
- **Change** Text reference to selection of "WPA2 + WPA3" Wi-Fi encryption removed

- **Fixed** Display of Wi-Fi properties of a registered wireless device was in rare cases incorrect
- **Fixed** Repeaters that were logged into the guest network were not marked as "Wi-Fi guests"
- **Fixed** WLAN LED flashed for an unnecessarily long time after change to a Wi-Fi setting when no guest access was active
- **Fixed** When 5-GHz channels were checked for radar (DFS), no wait cursor was displayed under these channels in the user interface

## Mesh:
- **Improved** Details of LAN connections between FRITZ! devices are listed in the graph of the Mesh Overview (tooltip)
- **Improved** Rejuvenated graph of the Mesh overview

## Telephony:
- **Fixed** In Austria (country code 43) dialing numbers beginning with 12, 13 or 14 was only possible en bloc
- **Improved** Increased stability of telephone calls
- **Improved** Order of telephone numbers in telephone book entries can be changed more easily
- **Improved** Recordings on the answering machine now with higher voice quality (HD audio)
- **Improved** The "Enable encrypted telephony" option is offered for the provider "Drillisch GmbH"
- **Improved** The call list shows the country, or for domestic calls, the location, where the call originated

## DECT/FRITZ!Fon:
- **Improved** "Weather" start screen can now be used in multiple countries (Germany, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Liechtenstein
- **Improved** Display of Wi-Fi account information can now be switched on or off for each FRITZ!Fon
- **Improved** Easier deletion of multiple emails via the "delete multiple" option

## Home Network:
- **Improved** Detailed settings of a device on the "Home Network > Network Connections" page were redesigned
- **Improved** Random calculation of the Unique Local Address (ULA, IPv6) in accordance with RFC 4193)
- **Improved** Troubleshooting and settings for speeds on WAN/LAN connections reworked 

## Smart Home:
- **Improved** Simplified registration of smart home devices via the FRITZ!Box user interface

## System:
- **Change** The link generated by "Forgot Password" push service in the email is valid for 20 minutes
- **Fixed** After results of functional diagnostics were sent, an event message about changed FRITZ!Box settings was displayed
- **Fixed** Although the push service worked, sending the test email to the provider GMX failed when the sender name contained umlauts
- **Fixed** Push service on Mesh Repeaters that adopted settings could not send email
- **Fixed** Restart of FRITZ!Box via user interface sometimes failed
- **Fixed** The "Live TV" button for Magenta TV streaming was missing in the user interface screens resolved for smartphone and tablet
- **Fixed** The status of port sharing was always inactive in the "FRITZ!Box Info" push service mail
- **Fixed** When accessing the FRITZ!Box interface via the internet (https), individual elements or pages were sporadically missing
- **Improved** A personal subject line can be defined for the push service
- **Improved** Changing addresses in the push service simplified due to new standard recipient that can be configured independently from the sender
- **Improved** Communication to all AVM services for the FRITZ!Box (update, etc.) preferentially via IPv6 with fallback to IPv4
- **Improved** File name for saved settings now includes name of individual FRITZ!Box
- **Improved** Link to reset the password more prominent in the "Forgot password" email
- **Improved** Reworked push service configuration
- **Improved** With "Diagnostics > Function" the services for the Network Time Protocol are checked and relevant information displayed about any errors found

## USB:
- **Fixed** Files in a folder on the highest level of a file tree could not be moved, copied, or deleted via FTP
- **Fixed** In certain constellations, access to NAS contents via download link was not possible
- **Improved** Data packets downloaded from fritz.nas now include the name of the given FRITZ!Box model and a time stamp in the file name to ease identification
- **Improved** Energy-saving function now also works with USB storage devices in Green Mode (USB 2.0)