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Anthony Spadafora

Upgrading to Wi-Fi 7 is about to get more complicated — and these new routers are to blame

The MSI Roammii BE Lite dual-band mesh Wi-Fi 7 router on a table.

Imagine buying a new device only to find out after the fact that it can’t do what you expected it to. If something doesn’t change soon, this could very well become a common occurrence with the best Wi-Fi 7 routers.

As we move from wireless standard to the next, faster speeds are usually the biggest selling point and one of the main reasons people upgrade in the first place. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a big jump in Wi-Fi speeds and the reason for this is that with Wi-Fi 6E, you’re able to use a brand new band in addition to the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands found on all of the best Wi-Fi routers.

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