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WIFI 8
You all see wifi 8 is now a thing and other companies promoting it. I thought the orbi 970 was future proofing ? with this new wifi 8 it seems like we are soon to be getting new hardware again for wi...
I thought the orbi 970 was future proofing ?
No such thing. FWIW, WiFi 9 is being discussed.
WiFi 8 isn't finalized yet, so any marketing you see on it is about pre-standard implementations.
The bottom line here is that if you are satisified with the performance you are geting now, there is no need to immediately jump to the next gen wifi when it is launched.
Most of us using wifi 7 which doesnt show you are on wifi 7 because it still shows your connection as 5ghz Little to no 6ghs
WiFi 6e was the first to support 6 ghz (launched back in 2021). Of course the client devices need 6 ghz radios to use it. It can take quite a while for new tech to take hold.
That said, there is more to WiFi 7 than 6 ghz - including more efficient modulation and MLO. Though MLO is still a work-in-progress for Netgear (and other vendors).