I just checked their site and it states that the page was Last Updated:12/31/2019 which would qualify it as "brand new", but in a strictly manner it doesn't necessarily means that this is also the date the firmware was released.
What let me doubt is this page which explains the benefits of beamforming+. That document was Last Updated:11/28/2016 but already refers to their "newest" firmware 1.0.2.68.
In conclusion: Which reality is really real? ;- )
PS: Just checked the referred R6300 is now on 1.0.2.80, so 1.0.2.68 seems not really the latest and the greatest.....really a smart move from netgear not to publish a release date next to the firmware images.
PPS: If someone has installed 1.0.2.68 on a R7800....what is stated inside the firmware?