HOW IT WORKS
YOU WILL LEARN How Wi–Fi 7 works, and how it differs from previous versions of Wi–Fi
YOU CAN BUY A WI–FI 7 ROUTER RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY PROBABLY WON’T BE WIDELY AVAILABLE UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR
JARGON BUSTER
The term “Wi–Fi” is really just a marketing label, but all versions of Wi–Fi are based on an international technology standard known as 802.11, which is continually under development. Wi–Fi 5 was based on 802.11ac, while Wi–Fi 6 and 6E use the newer 802.11ax. However, Wi–Fi 7 is such a big step forward that the 802.11 tech adopts a new “b” suffix, with the full title of 802.11be.