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An Automower update is available: should you install it?

What to check before you install an Automower firmware update, what to save first, how Husqvarna's manuals describe updating, and what to watch for afterwards. Suggestions, not a verdict.

Models
Automower (general)
Last updated
17 Oct 2026
Affects
Robot body — not the app
Automower (general)Details
Models
Automower (general)
Last updated
17 Oct 2026
Affects
Robot body — not the app

What to do next

  1. Look for your model on our Automower known issues before you install. That includes the pages on what owners found after updates.

    More about this step

    Applies when: the Automower Connect app shows new firmware for your mower.

    Worked if: you know whether owners have reported a problem after that update, or that nothing has been reported to us yet.

    Didn't work? Next: step 2 — Take screenshots of the firmware version in the About menu or...

    Method: this site's own known issues

  2. Take screenshots of the firmware version in the About menu or the app. Also capture your settings and your map or work areas, and write down the date.

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    Applies when: you are about to install, whatever the check found.

    Worked if: you have a record of how the mower was set up, for a support case if the update changes something.

    Didn't work? Next: step 3 — Install it from the notice in the app, the way Husqvarna's...

    Method: our suggestion

  3. Install it from the notice in the app, the way Husqvarna's manual describes. On models serviced by a dealer, the yearly service includes the update.

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    Applies when: you have decided to install.

    Worked if: the About menu or the app shows the new version.

    Didn't work? Next: step 4 — Watch the first few runs after the update. Look at narrow...

    Method: Automower 410iQ/420iQ/440iQ and 520/550 operator's manuals

  4. Watch the first few runs after the update. Look at narrow passages, the charging station and the edges, and compare with how it mowed before.

    Stop and get help if

    the mower leaves its work area, drives into things or its blades behave differently: press STOP and do not run it unattended until Husqvarna or your dealer has answered.

    More about this step

    Applies when: the update has installed.

    Worked if: it mows as it did, or you have caught a change early.

    Didn't work? Next: step 5 — Contact your Husqvarna dealer or Husqvarna support. Send your...

    Method: our suggestion, from the faults owners have reported after updates

  5. Contact your Husqvarna dealer or Husqvarna support. Send your screenshots, the old and new version numbers and what changed. Then tell us, so the next owner sees it here.

    More about this step

    Applies when: something changed after the update.

    Worked if: the case is with Husqvarna or the dealer and on record.

    Method: this page

On this page
  1. What to do next
  2. 1. Check first
  3. 2. Before you update
  4. 3. How Husqvarna's manuals describe it
  5. 4. When
  6. 5. After you update
  7. Sources
Suggestions, not a verdict. This page helps you decide, and keeps a record in case something changes.

1. Check first

Look for your model on our Automower known issues. Two pages there are about updates: the 320, 430X and 450X NERA and the 405X and 415X. The NERA page also sets out what Husqvarna's release notes say changed. If your model and version aren't there, nothing has been reported to us about them yet. That is not the same as a promise that nothing is wrong.

2. Before you update

Take screenshots of the firmware version (in the About menu or the app), your settings and your map or work areas, and write down the date. If the update changes how the mower behaves, that record is your evidence when you contact your dealer or Husqvarna.

3. How Husqvarna's manuals describe it

On the 410iQ, 420iQ and 440iQ, the mower downloads new firmware by itself over Wi-Fi or mobile data, and a notice in the app lets you choose to install it1.

On the 520 and 550, the manual's maintenance schedule lists a firmware update every year, done by your servicing dealer2.

For other models, check your own manual.

4. When

Husqvarna's release notes for the 320, 430X and 450X NERA mark every version from 54.2 (2024) to 112.3 (2026) "not mandatory, but highly recommended" (see the NERA page). We have no source that says to wait a set time before installing.

5. After you update

For the first few runs, watch it in narrow passages, at the charging station and at the edges, and compare with how it mowed before. If it leaves its work area, drives into things or its blades behave differently, press STOP and don't leave it running unattended until your dealer or Husqvarna has answered.

If something changed, contact your dealer or Husqvarna support with your screenshots and both version numbers. Then tell us what happened, so the next owner finds it here.

Sources

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