Subj : You might be waiting a while yet for Wi-Fi 7 support in Windows 1
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Feb 27 2024 11:15:06

You might be waiting a while yet for Wi-Fi 7 support in Windows 11  but 
Microsoft is on the case

Date:
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:03:04 +0000

Description:
Dream of fluid gaming over Wi-Fi on your Windows 11 PC? Heres some good news

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 Windows 11 is now adding support for Wi-Fi 7 , those who want to use the 
much-improved wireless standard will doubtless be pleased to learn  but its 
only in testing currently. 

Thats despite the fact that there are already Wi-Fi 7 routers out there , and 
the standard has been officially finalized by the Wi-Fi Alliance (the Wi-Fi 
Certified 7 program was announced at the start of January 2024, in fact). 

As you might guess, itll be some time before official Wi-Fi 7 support comes 
through to the release version of Windows 11, as itll need to progress 
through testing channels first. 

Right now, its only in the Canary (earliest) test channel with build 26063, a 
preview release that flew under our radar somewhat, but an important one in 
this respect. However, its also been added for Dev channel testers, Microsoft 
informed us in the usual blog post on build 26063 (as flagged up by XDA 
Developers ). (Image credit: Microsoft) 

As the software giant also pointed out, Wi-Fi 7 (aka 802.11be) is in the 
order of 4x faster than Wi-Fi 6 and more like 6x quicker than Wi-Fi 5. 

If you want to know more about how this new wireless standard takes some big 
strides forward  and it isnt just about raw speed, though that is, of course, 
very important  check out our guide to the ins-and-outs of Wi-Fi 7 . 
Analysis: Wireless party 

In fairness to Microsoft, while it appears to be pretty late to the wireless 
party, and Wi-Fi 7 may have officially kicked off (at least in some 
countries, the US, Australia, and UK included), it's still early days for the 
standard. 

The standard may be effectively set in stone now, but that doesnt mean there 
wont be tweaks going forward. There will inevitably be firmware updates for 
existing Wi-Fi 7 routers to fix or modify things going forward as needed, 
although all the big cogs in terms of features are now in place. 

Windows 11 is one of the final pieces of the puzzle to be added for Wi-Fi 7 
support, then, for laptops which sport Wi-Fi 7. And of course as mentioned, 
youll need a Wi-Fi 7 router to benefit from faster wireless speeds. (Those 
devices are expensive right now, too, it should be noted  though thats 
generally true of any cutting-edge tech). 

With Wi-Fi 7 were getting performance which makes wireless online gaming a 
reality in terms of it being close to wired (Ethernet) performance, and 
certainly much better than other fudges for PCs that arent plugged directly 
into the router (such as powerline adapters , which can be notoriously flaky 
in some scenarios). 

What about Windows 10 support for Wi-Fi 7? Were still not sure on that score, 
although the last we heard was that it is inbound  but theres no sign of that 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/you-might-be-waiting-a-while-yet-f
or-wi-fi-7-support-in-windows-11-but-microsoft-is-on-the-case


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