FCC expands foreign gadget bans to drones, routers and robots

The Verge has compiled a timeline of the FCC's import bans on foreign consumer gadgets: since December 2025 they have covered new drones, routers, robots and robot vacuums. MSI received conditional approval for two routers, the Radix GRBE94 and GRBE34, while TP-Link is seeking clearance for its Wi-Fi 8 routers and has offered to invest nearly $1 billion in US manufacturing.

• Since December 2025 the FCC has banned imports of new foreign drones, routers, robots and robovacs
• MSI got conditional approval for its Radix GRBE94 and GRBE34 routers
• Netgear and Asus previously received blanket approvals for all new routers
• TP-Link is ready to invest nearly $1 billion in US router manufacturing