At CES 2026, MediaTek just threw its considerable weight behind the next chapter in wireless networking, which is of course Wi-Fi 8. The MediaTek Filogic 8000 family is now officially out of the gate as one of the first chip platforms aimed at powering the upcoming Wi-Fi 8 ecosystem. Like Wi-Fi 8 itself, the Filogic 8000 parts are less about headline gigabits and more about real-world reliability and low latency.
Wi-Fi has already hit absurd peak speeds with Wi-Fi 7. You can achieve multi-gigabit link rates thanks to huge channels and fancy multi-link tricks, but in everyday life, we often care more about stability, responsiveness, and staying connected when spectrum is crowded, congested, or we're moving around. Wi-Fi 8 (IEEE 802.11bn, part of the "Ultra High Reliability" generation) doubles down on exactly those things.
