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Ian Osborne

Wi-Fi 7 explained: What it is, what it does, and how it's going to super-charge your browsing, streaming, downloads and more

Wi-Fi 7.

Wi-Fi is near-ubiquitous these days, and not just for computers. The modern connected house has smartphones, tablets, Internet TVs and radios, games consoles, AI services such as Alexa and Siri, smart home devices, NAS drives, security cameras and more. All these things connect to your home network through your router, using Wi-Fi.

Having so many devices connected to your Wi-Fi at once takes its toll on the signal. This is where Wi-Fi 6 and its successor, Wi-Fi 6E excelled. The standard was designed to allow a large number of devices to connect to Wi-Fi at once, without degrading speeds. Wi-Fi 7 takes this to the next level, improving data throughput, reducing interference and minimizing latency for all connected devices.

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