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What is Wi-Fi 6? Wi-Fi 6, also referred to as IEEE 802.11ax is the newest generation of Wi-Fi. Like all Wi-Fi, it will allow you to connect the internet wirelessly, but faster and more efficiently ...

The latest generation Wi-Fi protocol brings better speeds and data handling, but it does little to bridge various communications technologies. That, in turn, makes it more difficult and more expensive ...

This article is part of the Technology Insight series, made possible with funding from Intel. A major U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruling in April unleashed 6 GHz for unlicensed use — a huge ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Wi-Fi is about to get faster. That’s great news: faster internet is constantly in demand, ...

Forget 802.11ax. Say hello to Wi-Fi 6. The Wi-Fi Alliance announced that it will add generation numbers to its trademarked Wi-Fi name, which indicates a device meets its compatibility tests, rather ...

Look, Wi-Fi still kind of sucks. And marketing excesses aside, its worst problems all revolve around airtime distribution among multiple devices. Unlike LTE (the protocol cellular data uses), 802.11 ...

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The years 2023 and 2024 brought numerous changes to Wi-Fi connectivity. In 2024, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the powerful Wi-Fi 6/Wi-Fi 6E successor. The new Wi-Fi 7 standard introduced various ...

Researchers at Brigham Young University have created a new RF protocol that runs on top of existing consumer Wi-Fi at significantly greater range. But before you get too excited, the protocol's ...