1 IT’S RIGHT ON SCHEDULE
If you’re not ready for Wi-Fi 7, that’s understandable. Most of us haven’t caught up with Wi-Fi 6E yet, which only hit the mainstream around 18 months ago.
Strictly speaking, Wi-Fi 6E wasn’t a new standard. While it introduced support for wireless networking in the 6GHz frequency range, it’s otherwise based on the same 802.11ax specification as Wi-Fi 6.
From the original 802.11b release in 1999 onwards, each generation of the technology has reigned for between four and six years, before being replaced by something smarter and faster. Wi-Fi 6 was adopted in 2019 and Wi-Fi 7 is due to be finalized in 2024, so it fits the pattern.
That doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait until next year to move up to Wi-Fi 7. The core features and technologies are already defined, allowing manufacturers to build and release Wi-Fi 7 hardware well ahead
