NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi Router

4.3
140K reviews
5M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

The Nighthawk app gives you convenient access to your router’s features:
- Anywhere Access – Monitor and control your home WiFi from anywhere.
- Smart Parental Controls – Filter content and limit time online automatically with Circle® on NETGEAR.
- Armor Security – Advanced cybersecurity on your network to protect all devices from online threats.
- Speed Test – See if you’re getting the internet broadband speeds you’re paying for.
- Guest WiFi – Set up a secure and separate WiFi network for guests.
- Traffic Meter – Monitor internet usage over time.
- Easily pause WiFi, update firmware, and more!

The NETGEAR Nighthawk app (formerly Up App) is a complete upgrade from the legacy NETGEAR genie app. New features are consistently being added. Install it today!

For more information about your router, visit http://www.support.netgear.com
Updated on
Apr 1, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.3
134K reviews
meniscus70
April 5, 2024
Worst app ever. Every time I try to run it, it wants to set up from scratch like I had just installed it from the first time. Then, I finally get to where it is "connected" to the router, but then it hangs forever trying to "detect" it. Only option offered is to blow all my router settings away and start with factory defaults which I am not going to do because I can manage the router just fine through the web interface. Ive cleared cache, data, uninstall/reinstall, total waste of time.
19 people found this review helpful
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Anakin Skinwalker
March 21, 2024
If you are a techy and are looking for a router. Skip the nighthawk. App works well. But there are almost no settings you can tweak. You don't get any control, you cant change port forwarding, you can't chsnge ANYTHING. Not Happy, will be returning. And why do i have hundreds if tracking and data gathering attempts from Optimizely and Urban Airship. Why is it necessary for them to use over 15 different points of information on me!? Plus app is useless for troubleshooting, while also advertising
116 people found this review helpful
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Stephen K
February 6, 2024
Basic app. Many features locked behind a subscription. For how expensive this router is, there should at least be an option to hide features that I do not have instead of constantly trying to upsell me service on a product I already paid for. The app itself is fairly convenient, but buggy. It often does not show the ip address of devices, despite those devices having working ipv4 addresses. It also is not possible to remove devices from a child profile, trying to get you to upgrade. Yuck.
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What's new

This latest release fixes various issues and adds new enhancements. Also, make sure you update your router to the latest firmware version using the app in order to explore all the great features it has to offer. Please continue to reach out to us at netgearteam@netgear.com if you’re having any issues.