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WiFi 7 is a quantum leap forward from WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E.

Now that standaloneWiFi 7routers and WiFi 7mesh routersare on the market, you might be looking to upgrade.

A stylized depiction of a padlocked WiFi symbol sitting in the centre of an interlocking vault.

What’s new in the WiFi 7 standard?

The headline feature of WiFi 7 is considerably faster performance over WiFi 6.

Our flagship WiFi 7 mesh router is capable of 2.4x faster throughput than WiFi 6.

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WiFi 7 doubles the bandwidth to 320MHz.

This is measured by a standard known as quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).

Imagine two highways leading to your destination.

This makes WiFi more resistant to interference and ensures critical flow and latency are not impacted.

What hasn’t changed?

Both feature tremendous bandwidth.

Serious gamers will appreciate the standards low latency and quick responsiveness.

Those who engage frequently in VR/AR will benefit from WiFi 7s incredible speeds and low latency.

IT managers are naturally cautious of introducing risk to working environments.

We’ve listed the best Wi-Fi extenders.

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