Starlink Standard 4 and Standard 4X explained: what the new names mean for your dish, mount, and accessories
SpaceX rebranded its residential Starlink lineup in early 2026, and the new names have generated a fair bit of confusion. If you own what most people still call a “Gen 3” Starlink, or you are about to buy one, here is what actually changed, what stayed the same, and what it means for the mounts, cables, covers, and other accessories you already have or are thinking of buying.
Quick summary
• Standard 4X is the renamed version of the old “Standard Kit”, which most people call “Gen 3” or “Gen 3 v4”
• Standard 4 is a new budget bundle using the same dish with a smaller router and a different power supply
• The dish itself is unchanged in both kits
• The Gen 3 Router has been renamed Router 3
• The difference between the two bundles is the router and power supply – Standard 4 includes the smaller Router Mini and a new dual-port power supply, while Standard 4X includes the Router 3 (the renamed Gen 3 router) and the standard power supply
• AVS Gen 3 compatible mounts, cables, and covers fit both Standard 4 and Standard 4X without modification
What actually changed
Starlink naming has always been a moving target. The dish that most installers, retailers, and customers refer to as “Gen 3” is technically the V4 standard dish. In early 2026, SpaceX renamed its residential lineup to align dish names with that V4 designation and to split the offering into two service tiers.
The new names are:
• Starlink Standard 4 – the entry budget bundle, supplied with the Residential 100Mbps plan
• Starlink Standard 4X – the bundle supplied with the higher Residential 200Mbps and Residential Max tiers
The “4” in both names refers to the V4 dish, not a new generation of hardware. No new dish has been released. This is purely a renaming and a bundle split.
What stayed the same: the dish
The physical dish in both Standard 4 and Standard 4X is identical. Same shape, same dimensions, same phased array, same mounting interface, same 110-degree field of view. If you have a mount, pole adapter, cable, or weather cover listed as compatible with the Gen 3 dish (or Gen 3 V4/V4 dish), it fits both Standard 4 and Standard 4X without any change.
Where the two bundles differ
The dish is the same in both. What changes between Standard 4 and Standard 4X is everything inside the box that is not the dish.
Standard 4 includes:
• V4 dish
• Router Mini (dual-band Wi-Fi 6, smaller coverage area)
• A new power supply with two PoE ports, designed for the Router Mini
Standard 4X includes:
• V4 dish
• Router 3 (the rebranded Gen 3 router, tri-band Wi-Fi 6)
• The same single-connector power supply that has shipped with the Standard Kit for years
For most customers buying mounts or accessories, the routers and power supplies are irrelevant. The dish is the only part you mount.
Important: Router Mini is not the Mini dish
This is worth flagging clearly because we get questions about it. The “Router Mini” that ships inside the Standard 4 bundle is not the same product as the standalone Starlink Mini dish.
They share a name fragment and that is all.
• Router Mini: a small indoor Wi-Fi router that lives inside your home or vehicle. Not a dish.
• Starlink Mini: the portable all-in-one dish marketed for travel, vans, and remote use. If you arrive on our site looking for accessories for “the Mini”, double check which one you actually have. They take different mounts and different cables.
Performance line renames
While the Standard line was being renamed, the Performance line had already been restructured a little earlier, in mid-2025.
• Flat High Performance is now called Performance (Gen 2)
• The new flagship enterprise-grade dish released in 2025 is called Performance (Gen 3)
AVS products are designed primarily for the Standard / V4 / Gen 3 dish, not the Performance line.
Quick reference: old name to new name
| What you might call it | What Starlink now calls it |
|---|---|
| Gen 3 Standard / Standard Kit / Gen 3 v4 | Standard 4X (V4 dish, unchanged) |
| New budget bundle | Standard 4 (V4 dish, unchanged) |
| Starlink Mini (portable dish) | Mini (separate product, different accessories) |
| Flat High Performance dish | Performance Gen 2 (separate product) |
| New enterprise flagship dish | Performance Gen 3 (separate product) |
| Gen 3 Router | Router 3 (router, not a dish) |
| Router Mini | Router Mini (router, not a dish) |
What this means if you already own a Starlink
If your kit was originally sold as a “Standard Kit”, or you have always called it the “Gen 3” or “Gen 3 v4” dish, nothing has physically changed. Some customers are already seeing their existing kit relabelled as Standard 4X inside their Starlink account. That is purely an account-side rename. Your dish is the same dish it was the day it arrived.
Any accessories you bought for that dish from Air Vision Systems, including the Gen 3 Clip-In Pole Adapter, the protective cover, our cables and PoE injectors, roof mounts, and our fixings kits, all still fit. Nothing about the renaming affects accessory compatibility.
What this means if you are about to buy a new Starlink
• Residential 100Mbps plan: you may receive a Standard 4, which is the V4 dish with the Router Mini and the new PSU.
• Residential 200Mbps or Residential Max: you will receive a Standard 4X, which is the V4 dish with the Router 3 and the standard PSU.
• Rollout is uneven by country: UK customers are mostly receiving Standard 4X regardless of plan. New Zealand and Australia rollouts are still progressing. If you are unsure which kit you have, check your Starlink account.
Whichever kit arrives at your door, the dish is the same V4 unit, and the AVS Gen 3 product range fits it.
The bottom line
The dish has not changed. The names have. If you are looking at Starlink accessories on AVS and you see “Gen 3 compatible”, that is the same physical dish as both Standard 4 and Standard 4X. Same mount fit, same cable connection, same cover dimensions.
Not sure what length cable you need for your run? Use our AVS Smart Cable Calculator to size the correct cable for your installation, factoring in voltage drop and run length.
If you are unsure which Starlink you have, the easiest check is the dish shape. The rectangular flat phased array sold as the V4 / Gen 3 / Standard 4 / Standard 4X is one product. The smaller portable Starlink Mini is a separate product with its own accessory range. Our product pages list compatibility clearly for each item.
Our Gen 3 compatible mounts, cables, covers, and fixings fit both Standard 4 and Standard 4X. Browse the full range at airvisionsystems.co.nz, or use the AVS Smart Cable Calculator to size the correct cable for your installation.