The Future of Wi-Fi: Exploring the Advantages and Challenges of Wi-Fi 7

The latest advancements in wireless technology have brought us to the brink of a new era in connectivity. Wi-Fi 7, also known as Wi-Fi 802.11be, is the latest generation of wireless networking standards that promises to revolutionize the way we access and share data. In this article, we'll delve into the world of Wi-Fi 7, exploring its advantages, challenges, and the impact it will have on our daily lives.

The Development of Wi-Fi 7

Wi-Fi 7 is the result of years of research and development by industry leaders such as Qualcomm, a leading provider of wireless technology solutions. The new standard offers several improvements over its predecessors, including faster speeds, lower latency, and improved reliability. But what sets Wi-Fi 7 apart from its predecessors? For starters, Wi-Fi 7 operates on the 6 GHz frequency band, which allows for more bandwidth and less interference than traditional Wi-Fi frequencies.

Adjusting Channels and Bands for Optimal Performance

One of the key features of Wi-Fi 7 is its ability to dynamically adjust channels and bands to optimize performance. This means that instead of using a fixed set of channels and bands, Wi-Fi 7 can adapt to changing network conditions to ensure the best possible connection. By adjusting what channels and what bands it's using, Wi-Fi 7 can get the higher speed, lower latency, and better reliability dodging interference automatically so clever now.

Preparing for the Future of Fiber-Optic Networks

But Wi-Fi 7 is not just about improving wireless connectivity – it's also preparing us for the future of fiber-optic networks. As fiber-optic networks begin to roll out with speeds over 1 gbit per second, we'll need a reliable and efficient way to access this technology wirelessly. Wi-Fi 7 has already demonstrated its ability to deliver fast and reliable wireless connectivity in high-speed environments.

Real-World Applications of Wi-Fi 7

So, what can we expect from Wi-Fi 7 in real-world applications? The answer is that it will enable a wide range of new possibilities for smart homes, businesses, and industries. With faster speeds and lower latency, devices will be able to communicate with each other more efficiently, enabling new applications such as IoT (Internet of Things) devices, smart home automation, and industrial control systems.

The Downside of Wi-Fi 7

While Wi-Fi 7 offers many advantages, there are also some downsides to consider. One of the main challenges is that the 6 GHz frequency band doesn't reach as far and has limited penetration capabilities compared to other frequencies like 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz. This means that for the best speeds, you'll likely need a mesh system with multiple nodes to cover your space.

Price and Availability

Another challenge facing Wi-Fi 7 is its price. As with any new technology, expect to pay a premium for Wi-Fi 7 routers and devices. However, prices are expected to decrease over time as production volumes increase. Currently, Wi-Fi 7 router systems are generally more expensive than their Wi-Fi 6 and 6E counterparts.

The Router: Qualcomm's Deco X33000 with Pro 1620 Platform

One of the most interesting examples of Wi-Fi 7 technology is the Tplink Deco X33000 router, which features Qualcomm's networking Pro 1620 platform. This router supports quadband Wi-Fi 7, meaning it can operate on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, as well as two 6 GHz channels. The latter allows for a dedicated backhaul between mesh nodes, enabling super-fast connections between them while still maintaining availability from each node for client devices.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Wi-Fi 7 represents a significant step forward in wireless technology, offering faster speeds, lower latency, and improved reliability. However, it also presents some challenges, including the need for specialized equipment and limited availability of compatible devices. As we move towards a future with fiber-optic networks at the heart of our connectivity ecosystem, Wi-Fi 7 will play an essential role in bridging the gap between wired and wireless technologies.

Availability and Devices

But to take full advantage of Wi-Fi 7, you'll need a router and devices that support it. Currently, only a few routers are available with Wi-Fi 7 capabilities, including the Tplink Deco X33000. As for devices, Qualcomm's FastConnect 7800 technology is already being implemented in devices such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Devices like the Xiaomi 13 Pro, OnePlus 11, Xperia 15, and Motorola Edge Plus are expected to feature FastConnect 7800, enabling users to take advantage of Wi-Fi 7 speeds.

Final Thoughts

As I conclude this article, I'll be searching for information on when 10 gbit per second internet will arrive at my apartment. The future is exciting and full of possibilities with the latest advancements in wireless technology. One thing is certain: Wi-Fi 7 will play a significant role in shaping our digital landscape over the coming years.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis video was sponsored by qualcom Technologies Inc I did a couple of videos a while back talking about Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E but now there's a new version of Wi-Fi and we're already starting to see it pop up on various routers and devices called Wi-Fi 7 and if all of these numbers of Wi-Fi are confusing you I promise you're not alone so in this Dakota episode my explainer series here on the channel let's talk about what Wi-Fi 7 is what the difference between Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 and 6E and what the real world benefits are and first let's start with the name Wi-Fi 7 is part of a relatively new naming structure from the Wi-Fi Alliance the industry body that tests and certifies Wi-Fi products to help people understand the different Wi-Fi standards Wi-Fi 7 is the name now for 802.11b where 6E was the name for 802.11 ax extension and six was 802.11 ax and so on and so on okay a quick recap of some of the more important features in Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E as they're here in Wi-Fi 7 but they've been improved upon now if you want a full breakdown of all of these I've left links below to the what is Wi-Fi 6 and what is Wi-Fi 6E videos that I did but for this video we'll quickly touch on the ones that are important for Wi-Fi 7 first we have muo which stands for multiple user multiple input multiple output and allows multiple clients on the network to send and receive data at the same time up to eight at once in Wi-Fi 6 then we have ofdma or orthagonal frequency division multiple access to allow for more devices to each receive and send data per transmission as this allows each packet being sent out on the network to contain data for multiple clients instead of having to send one out per client then we have 1024 Quang to allow more data to be sent per packet and it translates to about 25% faster data transfers in Wi-Fi 6 over Wi-Fi 5 then there's Target wake time to reduce unnecessary Network transmissions by having devices specify when they'll be awake and transmit versus sleep and not which then frees up bandwidth for more important data instead and WPA 3 the latest security protocol and then Wi-Fi 6E just added much needed Spectrum in the form of the 6 GHz band now before 6E your Wi-Fi network would use one or both bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz sometimes your router would even display these as two separate networks but nowadays most newer routers will keep the network name the same and automatically decide which band to use for which device the difference between these bands for the most part is that 2.4 GHz has a lower top speed of about 8 gbits per second but for the range and 5 GHz has a higher top speed of about 2.8 gbits per second a lower range and it just isn't as good at penetrating walls and objects Wi-Fi 6E added the much less used 6 GHz into the mix as well thanks to the FCC freeing that up for Wi-Fi use not too long ago now that essentially quadruples the amount of bandwidth that Wi-Fi devices can use as it adds 14 additional 80 MHz channels and 7 additional 160 MHz channels and while these are the same size channels as 5 GHz and that's why you have the same theoretical Max speeds you can still get much faster actual speeds than 5 GHz in most cases simply because these new channels just have way less congestion on them which also means that you'll get much better latency on 6 GHz as well congestion and latency on Wi-Fi channels is what causes those drops in speed as well as issues with your buffering in videos frame rate drops in games and dropped Zoom meetings with that how does Wi-Fi 7 differ from Wi-Fi 6 and 6E well Wi-Fi 7 has a lot of the same features with some improvements to them but then it also adds some super useful new features as well firstly we have all of the features I mentioned for Wi-Fi 6 and 6E but for muo Wi-Fi 7 has 6 16 streams available versus the eight so more devices can communicate at once which means faster speed and less latency the 1024 quam has now been updated to 4K quam which just means even more data is being sent per packet which alone increases speeds by about 20% as well we also have the 6 GHz band from 6E but within 6E the widest Channel supported was 160 MHz in Wi-Fi 7 that is doubled to 320 MHz the larger the channel the more data it can transmit at a time so more speed all of that allows for more speed lower latency and better reliability but this new feature that I'm kind of excited about does even more for that and it's called mlo or multi-link operation now this feature again new to Wi-Fi 7 allows the router and devices to combine all of the frequencies 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and 6 GHz together into a single connection now before Wi-Fi 7 devices used to have to connect to one of these bands at a time on a fixed Channel within that band now a device can send and receive data on 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and 6 GHz all at the same time potentially meaning much wider channels allowing them to transmit even more data but also it can adjust what channels and what bands it's using to get the higher speed lower latency and better reliability dodging interference automatically so clever now the idea is that this will not only start to boost speeds lower latency and increase reliability as mentioned but it's also starting to prepare us for this future of over 1 gbit per second fiber optic networks that are starting to roll out I have 2 gbit per second fi optic Network in my apartment now and was told by FiOS the company that installed it that 5 and 10 gbit plans are coming soon Wi-Fi 6E was basically necessary to see anything over 1 gbit per second consistently wirelessly and now Wi-Fi 7 is necessary to have the wireless experiences match those even higher incoming speeds wirelessly Qualcomm has also recently announced their own Qualcomm 10 gig fiber Gateway platform to be used in modems and routers that is purpos built for 10 gbit per second fiber Broadband to be able to provide 10 gbit per second performance to and throughout the home it not only has architecture that's flexible and scalable for Broadband providers to offer 10 gig passive Optical Network Technologies and 10 GB per second ether DEET but it also has built-in support for open- Source software and middleware to enable a ton of new Smart Home applications powered by those new speeds and lower latency that will just come with 10 gbit per second fiber Broadband I was so excited when I got 2 GB per second speeds in my apartment I cannot wait for 10 gbits per second okay so what are the downsides to Wi-Fi 7 well again the 6 GHz frequency doesn't reach as far and it's not as good as penetrating objects and walls as 5 GHz is and even more so than 2.4 GHz but that's the same issue we had with Wi-Fi 6E and it just means that for the very best speeds you'll probably want to go for a mesh system as you'll need more nodes to cover as much of your space as possible in that fastest 6 GHz band another downside is the same with all new technology price Wi-Fi 7 router systems are generally a little bit more expensive than Wi-Fi 6 and 6E although even the time I'm making this video I've seen a ton of Wi-Fi 7 systems out there that are not much more expensive and some even un comparable levels of pricing for some of the current Wi-Fi 6 and 6E routers out there I'll leave links below though to all of the ones that I have found if you're curious in the description below now the router I'm using here in this video is The tplink Deco be 33000 with qualcomm's networking Pro 1620 platform inside which enables quadband Wi-Fi 7 instead of just triband so we have 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and and then two 6 GHz channels which means that you can use one as a dedicated back haul between the two mesh nodes for a super fast connection for the data between them and still have all three bands available from each node for client devices I'll leave a link below again if you're curious about this router and lastly is availability you will need a Wi-Fi 7 capable router and Wi-Fi 7 capable devices like laptops and phones Etc in order to take advantage of all of the features of Wi-Fi 7 you can't just update your stuff to get that but already we're starting to see devices come with qualcomm's fastconnect 7800 with Wi-Fi 7 and high band simultaneous multi-link which allows devices to combine 2 5 GHz or two 6 GHz bands together to achieve up to 5.8 GB per second speeds and much lower latency and it's especially important honestly in regions that haven't added 6 GHz yet so combining two 5 GHz bands can get you much faster speeds devices like the xiaomi 13 Pro the OnePlus 11 the Xperia 15 the Motorola Edge Plus and more and I'm sure will see it more and more in other Flagship devices down the road okay and there you go if you want to learn more about what Qualcomm is doing with Wi-Fi 7 check them out at the link below also let me know you guys thought of this video If you enjoyed it I always appreciate hearing from you guys also check out the rest of the decoder series did a bunch of other explainer videos and the real world test series that I do here on the channel where we explore while we test out a device also if you're not already please subscribe and ding the Bell so you get notified when I do new videos but all right after all this I think I'm going to actually start googling when 10 gbit per second internet is going to arrive at my apartment good nightthis video was sponsored by qualcom Technologies Inc I did a couple of videos a while back talking about Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E but now there's a new version of Wi-Fi and we're already starting to see it pop up on various routers and devices called Wi-Fi 7 and if all of these numbers of Wi-Fi are confusing you I promise you're not alone so in this Dakota episode my explainer series here on the channel let's talk about what Wi-Fi 7 is what the difference between Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 and 6E and what the real world benefits are and first let's start with the name Wi-Fi 7 is part of a relatively new naming structure from the Wi-Fi Alliance the industry body that tests and certifies Wi-Fi products to help people understand the different Wi-Fi standards Wi-Fi 7 is the name now for 802.11b where 6E was the name for 802.11 ax extension and six was 802.11 ax and so on and so on okay a quick recap of some of the more important features in Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E as they're here in Wi-Fi 7 but they've been improved upon now if you want a full breakdown of all of these I've left links below to the what is Wi-Fi 6 and what is Wi-Fi 6E videos that I did but for this video we'll quickly touch on the ones that are important for Wi-Fi 7 first we have muo which stands for multiple user multiple input multiple output and allows multiple clients on the network to send and receive data at the same time up to eight at once in Wi-Fi 6 then we have ofdma or orthagonal frequency division multiple access to allow for more devices to each receive and send data per transmission as this allows each packet being sent out on the network to contain data for multiple clients instead of having to send one out per client then we have 1024 Quang to allow more data to be sent per packet and it translates to about 25% faster data transfers in Wi-Fi 6 over Wi-Fi 5 then there's Target wake time to reduce unnecessary Network transmissions by having devices specify when they'll be awake and transmit versus sleep and not which then frees up bandwidth for more important data instead and WPA 3 the latest security protocol and then Wi-Fi 6E just added much needed Spectrum in the form of the 6 GHz band now before 6E your Wi-Fi network would use one or both bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz sometimes your router would even display these as two separate networks but nowadays most newer routers will keep the network name the same and automatically decide which band to use for which device the difference between these bands for the most part is that 2.4 GHz has a lower top speed of about 8 gbits per second but for the range and 5 GHz has a higher top speed of about 2.8 gbits per second a lower range and it just isn't as good at penetrating walls and objects Wi-Fi 6E added the much less used 6 GHz into the mix as well thanks to the FCC freeing that up for Wi-Fi use not too long ago now that essentially quadruples the amount of bandwidth that Wi-Fi devices can use as it adds 14 additional 80 MHz channels and 7 additional 160 MHz channels and while these are the same size channels as 5 GHz and that's why you have the same theoretical Max speeds you can still get much faster actual speeds than 5 GHz in most cases simply because these new channels just have way less congestion on them which also means that you'll get much better latency on 6 GHz as well congestion and latency on Wi-Fi channels is what causes those drops in speed as well as issues with your buffering in videos frame rate drops in games and dropped Zoom meetings with that how does Wi-Fi 7 differ from Wi-Fi 6 and 6E well Wi-Fi 7 has a lot of the same features with some improvements to them but then it also adds some super useful new features as well firstly we have all of the features I mentioned for Wi-Fi 6 and 6E but for muo Wi-Fi 7 has 6 16 streams available versus the eight so more devices can communicate at once which means faster speed and less latency the 1024 quam has now been updated to 4K quam which just means even more data is being sent per packet which alone increases speeds by about 20% as well we also have the 6 GHz band from 6E but within 6E the widest Channel supported was 160 MHz in Wi-Fi 7 that is doubled to 320 MHz the larger the channel the more data it can transmit at a time so more speed all of that allows for more speed lower latency and better reliability but this new feature that I'm kind of excited about does even more for that and it's called mlo or multi-link operation now this feature again new to Wi-Fi 7 allows the router and devices to combine all of the frequencies 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and 6 GHz together into a single connection now before Wi-Fi 7 devices used to have to connect to one of these bands at a time on a fixed Channel within that band now a device can send and receive data on 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and 6 GHz all at the same time potentially meaning much wider channels allowing them to transmit even more data but also it can adjust what channels and what bands it's using to get the higher speed lower latency and better reliability dodging interference automatically so clever now the idea is that this will not only start to boost speeds lower latency and increase reliability as mentioned but it's also starting to prepare us for this future of over 1 gbit per second fiber optic networks that are starting to roll out I have 2 gbit per second fi optic Network in my apartment now and was told by FiOS the company that installed it that 5 and 10 gbit plans are coming soon Wi-Fi 6E was basically necessary to see anything over 1 gbit per second consistently wirelessly and now Wi-Fi 7 is necessary to have the wireless experiences match those even higher incoming speeds wirelessly Qualcomm has also recently announced their own Qualcomm 10 gig fiber Gateway platform to be used in modems and routers that is purpos built for 10 gbit per second fiber Broadband to be able to provide 10 gbit per second performance to and throughout the home it not only has architecture that's flexible and scalable for Broadband providers to offer 10 gig passive Optical Network Technologies and 10 GB per second ether DEET but it also has built-in support for open- Source software and middleware to enable a ton of new Smart Home applications powered by those new speeds and lower latency that will just come with 10 gbit per second fiber Broadband I was so excited when I got 2 GB per second speeds in my apartment I cannot wait for 10 gbits per second okay so what are the downsides to Wi-Fi 7 well again the 6 GHz frequency doesn't reach as far and it's not as good as penetrating objects and walls as 5 GHz is and even more so than 2.4 GHz but that's the same issue we had with Wi-Fi 6E and it just means that for the very best speeds you'll probably want to go for a mesh system as you'll need more nodes to cover as much of your space as possible in that fastest 6 GHz band another downside is the same with all new technology price Wi-Fi 7 router systems are generally a little bit more expensive than Wi-Fi 6 and 6E although even the time I'm making this video I've seen a ton of Wi-Fi 7 systems out there that are not much more expensive and some even un comparable levels of pricing for some of the current Wi-Fi 6 and 6E routers out there I'll leave links below though to all of the ones that I have found if you're curious in the description below now the router I'm using here in this video is The tplink Deco be 33000 with qualcomm's networking Pro 1620 platform inside which enables quadband Wi-Fi 7 instead of just triband so we have 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and and then two 6 GHz channels which means that you can use one as a dedicated back haul between the two mesh nodes for a super fast connection for the data between them and still have all three bands available from each node for client devices I'll leave a link below again if you're curious about this router and lastly is availability you will need a Wi-Fi 7 capable router and Wi-Fi 7 capable devices like laptops and phones Etc in order to take advantage of all of the features of Wi-Fi 7 you can't just update your stuff to get that but already we're starting to see devices come with qualcomm's fastconnect 7800 with Wi-Fi 7 and high band simultaneous multi-link which allows devices to combine 2 5 GHz or two 6 GHz bands together to achieve up to 5.8 GB per second speeds and much lower latency and it's especially important honestly in regions that haven't added 6 GHz yet so combining two 5 GHz bands can get you much faster speeds devices like the xiaomi 13 Pro the OnePlus 11 the Xperia 15 the Motorola Edge Plus and more and I'm sure will see it more and more in other Flagship devices down the road okay and there you go if you want to learn more about what Qualcomm is doing with Wi-Fi 7 check them out at the link below also let me know you guys thought of this video If you enjoyed it I always appreciate hearing from you guys also check out the rest of the decoder series did a bunch of other explainer videos and the real world test series that I do here on the channel where we explore while we test out a device also if you're not already please subscribe and ding the Bell so you get notified when I do new videos but all right after all this I think I'm going to actually start googling when 10 gbit per second internet is going to arrive at my apartment good nightthis video was sponsored by qualcom Technologies Inc I did a couple of videos a while back talking about Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E but now there's a new version of Wi-Fi and we're already starting to see it pop up on various routers and devices called Wi-Fi 7 and if all of these numbers of Wi-Fi are confusing you I promise you're not alone so in this Dakota episode my explainer series here on the channel let's talk about what Wi-Fi 7 is what the difference between Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 and 6E and what the real world benefits are and first let's start with the name Wi-Fi 7 is part of a relatively new naming structure from the Wi-Fi Alliance the industry body that tests and certifies Wi-Fi products to help people understand the different Wi-Fi standards Wi-Fi 7 is the name now for 802.11b where 6E was the name for 802.11 ax extension and six was 802.11 ax and so on and so on okay a quick recap of some of the more important features in Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E as they're here in Wi-Fi 7 but they've been improved upon now if you want a full breakdown of all of these I've left links below to the what is Wi-Fi 6 and what is Wi-Fi 6E videos that I did but for this video we'll quickly touch on the ones that are important for Wi-Fi 7 first we have muo which stands for multiple user multiple input multiple output and allows multiple clients on the network to send and receive data at the same time up to eight at once in Wi-Fi 6 then we have ofdma or orthagonal frequency division multiple access to allow for more devices to each receive and send data per transmission as this allows each packet being sent out on the network to contain data for multiple clients instead of having to send one out per client then we have 1024 Quang to allow more data to be sent per packet and it translates to about 25% faster data transfers in Wi-Fi 6 over Wi-Fi 5 then there's Target wake time to reduce unnecessary Network transmissions by having devices specify when they'll be awake and transmit versus sleep and not which then frees up bandwidth for more important data instead and WPA 3 the latest security protocol and then Wi-Fi 6E just added much needed Spectrum in the form of the 6 GHz band now before 6E your Wi-Fi network would use one or both bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz sometimes your router would even display these as two separate networks but nowadays most newer routers will keep the network name the same and automatically decide which band to use for which device the difference between these bands for the most part is that 2.4 GHz has a lower top speed of about 8 gbits per second but for the range and 5 GHz has a higher top speed of about 2.8 gbits per second a lower range and it just isn't as good at penetrating walls and objects Wi-Fi 6E added the much less used 6 GHz into the mix as well thanks to the FCC freeing that up for Wi-Fi use not too long ago now that essentially quadruples the amount of bandwidth that Wi-Fi devices can use as it adds 14 additional 80 MHz channels and 7 additional 160 MHz channels and while these are the same size channels as 5 GHz and that's why you have the same theoretical Max speeds you can still get much faster actual speeds than 5 GHz in most cases simply because these new channels just have way less congestion on them which also means that you'll get much better latency on 6 GHz as well congestion and latency on Wi-Fi channels is what causes those drops in speed as well as issues with your buffering in videos frame rate drops in games and dropped Zoom meetings with that how does Wi-Fi 7 differ from Wi-Fi 6 and 6E well Wi-Fi 7 has a lot of the same features with some improvements to them but then it also adds some super useful new features as well firstly we have all of the features I mentioned for Wi-Fi 6 and 6E but for muo Wi-Fi 7 has 6 16 streams available versus the eight so more devices can communicate at once which means faster speed and less latency the 1024 quam has now been updated to 4K quam which just means even more data is being sent per packet which alone increases speeds by about 20% as well we also have the 6 GHz band from 6E but within 6E the widest Channel supported was 160 MHz in Wi-Fi 7 that is doubled to 320 MHz the larger the channel the more data it can transmit at a time so more speed all of that allows for more speed lower latency and better reliability but this new feature that I'm kind of excited about does even more for that and it's called mlo or multi-link operation now this feature again new to Wi-Fi 7 allows the router and devices to combine all of the frequencies 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and 6 GHz together into a single connection now before Wi-Fi 7 devices used to have to connect to one of these bands at a time on a fixed Channel within that band now a device can send and receive data on 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and 6 GHz all at the same time potentially meaning much wider channels allowing them to transmit even more data but also it can adjust what channels and what bands it's using to get the higher speed lower latency and better reliability dodging interference automatically so clever now the idea is that this will not only start to boost speeds lower latency and increase reliability as mentioned but it's also starting to prepare us for this future of over 1 gbit per second fiber optic networks that are starting to roll out I have 2 gbit per second fi optic Network in my apartment now and was told by FiOS the company that installed it that 5 and 10 gbit plans are coming soon Wi-Fi 6E was basically necessary to see anything over 1 gbit per second consistently wirelessly and now Wi-Fi 7 is necessary to have the wireless experiences match those even higher incoming speeds wirelessly Qualcomm has also recently announced their own Qualcomm 10 gig fiber Gateway platform to be used in modems and routers that is purpos built for 10 gbit per second fiber Broadband to be able to provide 10 gbit per second performance to and throughout the home it not only has architecture that's flexible and scalable for Broadband providers to offer 10 gig passive Optical Network Technologies and 10 GB per second ether DEET but it also has built-in support for open- Source software and middleware to enable a ton of new Smart Home applications powered by those new speeds and lower latency that will just come with 10 gbit per second fiber Broadband I was so excited when I got 2 GB per second speeds in my apartment I cannot wait for 10 gbits per second okay so what are the downsides to Wi-Fi 7 well again the 6 GHz frequency doesn't reach as far and it's not as good as penetrating objects and walls as 5 GHz is and even more so than 2.4 GHz but that's the same issue we had with Wi-Fi 6E and it just means that for the very best speeds you'll probably want to go for a mesh system as you'll need more nodes to cover as much of your space as possible in that fastest 6 GHz band another downside is the same with all new technology price Wi-Fi 7 router systems are generally a little bit more expensive than Wi-Fi 6 and 6E although even the time I'm making this video I've seen a ton of Wi-Fi 7 systems out there that are not much more expensive and some even un comparable levels of pricing for some of the current Wi-Fi 6 and 6E routers out there I'll leave links below though to all of the ones that I have found if you're curious in the description below now the router I'm using here in this video is The tplink Deco be 33000 with qualcomm's networking Pro 1620 platform inside which enables quadband Wi-Fi 7 instead of just triband so we have 2.4 GHz 5 GHz and and then two 6 GHz channels which means that you can use one as a dedicated back haul between the two mesh nodes for a super fast connection for the data between them and still have all three bands available from each node for client devices I'll leave a link below again if you're curious about this router and lastly is availability you will need a Wi-Fi 7 capable router and Wi-Fi 7 capable devices like laptops and phones Etc in order to take advantage of all of the features of Wi-Fi 7 you can't just update your stuff to get that but already we're starting to see devices come with qualcomm's fastconnect 7800 with Wi-Fi 7 and high band simultaneous multi-link which allows devices to combine 2 5 GHz or two 6 GHz bands together to achieve up to 5.8 GB per second speeds and much lower latency and it's especially important honestly in regions that haven't added 6 GHz yet so combining two 5 GHz bands can get you much faster speeds devices like the xiaomi 13 Pro the OnePlus 11 the Xperia 15 the Motorola Edge Plus and more and I'm sure will see it more and more in other Flagship devices down the road okay and there you go if you want to learn more about what Qualcomm is doing with Wi-Fi 7 check them out at the link below also let me know you guys thought of this video If you enjoyed it I always appreciate hearing from you guys also check out the rest of the decoder series did a bunch of other explainer videos and the real world test series that I do here on the channel where we explore while we test out a device also if you're not already please subscribe and ding the Bell so you get notified when I do new videos but all right after all this I think I'm going to actually start googling when 10 gbit per second internet is going to arrive at my apartment good night\n"