{"id":3665,"date":"2026-10-06T01:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-matic-is-the-first-robovac-to-get-an-fcc-ban-waiver-not-that-it-needs-it\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:15:05","slug":"the-matic-is-the-first-robovac-to-get-an-fcc-ban-waiver-not-that-it-needs-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-matic-is-the-first-robovac-to-get-an-fcc-ban-waiver-not-that-it-needs-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Matic is the first robovac to get an FCC ban waiver, not that it needs it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum<\/a> and robo-mop<\/a>, and it’s also now the first to escape the FCC’s Roomba ban<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Well, sort of<\/em> – because the Matic wasn’t banned to begin with. <\/p>\n

Here’s what’s actually happening: On October 2nd, the FCC added the original Matic, model 4MA0001, and its charging dock model 4DK0008 to its ban waiver list<\/a>. That allows the FCC to approve these radio products for import, marketing, and sale. <\/p>\n

But the Matic doesn’t need a waiver, because its radios were already approved years ago. The FCC’s foreign drone, robot, and router bans<\/a> only keep future<\/em> products from getting imported into the United States, not existing o \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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