I can’t tell you that either. AVM is constantly under pressure to deliver something. In my opinion they have completely lost their way. Way too many models, no discernible product strategy, too many different chipsets, etc. In my opinion they are trying to make the store more attractive since it is for sale.

I don’t think it has anything to do with marketing, except that marketing there just doesn’t talk to the developers.

As a rule, in the event of such delays, the finished product had different hardware installed than in the original idea; in the case of the 6850 5G it was a different chipset.

The 5690 XGS looked like the 5690 Pro in the original presentation. The 5690 XGS should now look like a “normal” frit (5530/5590).

As far as I know, they preferred a different product.

Here is the answer from AVM:

Good day,

Thank you for your inquiry and your interest in our products.

You’re right, the FRITZ!Box 5690 Pro and the FRITZ!Box 5690 XGS have been announced for a long time (since the beginning of 2023).

The FRITZ!Box 5690 Pro will probably start in June / July. The FRITZ!Box 5690 XGS will also follow, but there is no specific date or date for the market launch yet. The proportion of XGS-PON connections is very small in Germany.

All known information about the FRITZ!Box 5690 XGS can be found here:
[https://ch.avm.de/unternehmen/presse/pressenachrichten/2024/neue-fritzbox-modelle-performance-schub-mit-wi-fi-7-fuer-glasfarben-dsl-und-cable/] (https://ch.avm.de/unternehmen/presse/pressenachrichten/2024/neue-fritzbox-modelle-performance-schub-mit-wi-fi-7-fuer-glasfarben-dsl-und-cable/)

Unfortunately, further information about the specific market launch is not yet available.

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Thank you for your patience and have a pleasant Tuesday.

Kind regards from Berlin

Your AVM product advice

It’s understandable since they mainly have GPON and they’re not in a hurry with the XGS version.
Maybe it should be mentioned again that in Switzerland we mostly use XGS and that they could make some progress for us 🤔

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@cybi wrote:
Maybe we should mention again that we mostly use XGS in Switzerland and that they could make some progress for us 🤔

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Switzerland is too small a market - the fries here are in small quantities compared to Germany

(Sunrise has had its own boxes for a long time) And iWay, Green, init7, etc. also don’t produce mass quantities….

And the frit users at Swisscom are probably in the 2-3 digit range at most…

All of that doesn’t really make things interesting for AVM…

I still received feedback from AVM.

Quote:

The FRITZ!Box 5690 XGS is scheduled to come onto the market this year. The XGS-PON support makes it particularly interesting for the Swiss market, so I assume that the Swiss version will come quickly.

Time again for the opening question:

Is the 5690 xgs already being tested at SC?

@cybi apparently Iway offers or wants this Fritzbox.

See Iway Blog: [https://www.iway.ch/ueber-iway/blog/neue-fritzbox-5690-xgs/](https://www.iway.ch/ueber-iway/blog/neue-fritzbox -5690-xgs/)

From their page:

• Market launch has not yet been determined

Prietzunnei43

Link to Swisscom third-party router.

Third-party router

Prietzunnei43 According to AVM, it will initially only be sold via the providers so that we as end customers cannot obtain it directly anyway.

WalterB

What do you want with that stupid list?

It doesn’t even have the IB5 on it.

cybi is now listed on the BBCS list

https://www.swisscom.ch/content/dam/swisscom/en/ws/documents/E_BBCS-Documents/e_bbcs_supporting-documentprovedequipment.pdf

user109

Where is the 5690 XGS?

user109 I only see the Pro not the XGS

the Pro only works for DSL anyway not for fibre

cybi the XGS-PON version is not yet available for purchase. and then Swisscom still has to certify it. In DE this version is simply not a priority. I am currently using the 5590 fibre.