Subj : Wi-Fi 7 is nearly here  2024 could be the year wireless speeds ge
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Dec 11 2023 16:00:05

Wi-Fi 7 is nearly here  2024 could be the year wireless speeds get 
turbocharged

Date:
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:54:41 +0000

Description:
Wi-Fi 7 will soon be finalized, so get ready for way faster wireless speeds  
with a notable caveat.

FULL STORY
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 Wi-Fi 7 is going to be official , by which we mean finalized, before the end 
of the first quarter of 2024. 

Word has come from the Wi-Fi Alliance (sworn enemies of the Bluetooth Empire  
or maybe not) that next-gen Wi-Fi, also known as 802.11be, will become a 
concrete standard by the end of Q1 next year, as opposed to the draft version 
it has been for some time now. 

As Toms Hardware reports, the Wi-Fi Alliance tells us : Wi-Fi Certified 7, 
based on IEEE 802.11be technology, will be available before the end of Q1 
2024. Wi-Fi 7 devices are entering the market today, and Wi-Fi Certified 7 
will facilitate worldwide interoperability and bring advanced Wi-Fi 
performance to the next era of connected devices. 

Never mind all the buzzwords and such, youre probably thinking  how much 
faster is Wi-Fi 7? Itll offer speeds up to 40 Gbit/s and will be the best 
part of five times quicker than Wi-Fi 6  so yes, nippy, in short. Analysis: 
Drafty business 

Clearly, its good news to see Wi-Fi 7 is rolling towards the standard being 
set in stone within the next few months. 

You may be a bit confused as to whats going on with Wi-Fi 7 not quite being 
officially done and yet routers are already out there with support for 
802.11be. Well, those routers are built with the existing draft Wi-Fi 7 
standard, but when its finalized early next year, it will only take a 
firmware update for that hardware to be brought up to speed (literally). 

Wi-Fi 7 will still depend on having client devices support it, though. By 
which we mean its all very well having a Wi-Fi 7 router, but if your phone, 
tablet, laptop or whatever doesnt support it as well, then you wont benefit 
from the extra speed (though the devices will still be compatible with the 
router, of course). 

Not that many devices come with Wi-Fi 7 support yet  there are some, like the 
Xiaomi 13 Pro and Oppo Find X6 Pro phones, for example, and Lenovo Legion 
Slim 7 laptop  but expect the numbers to increase swiftly going forward. You 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/wi-fi-broadband/wi-fi-7-is-nearly-here-202
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