It offers flow rates up to five times higher than its predecessor.
The Wi-Fi Alliance consortium , which owns the Wi-Fi brand and sets the standards for it, has officially announced Wi-Fi 7.
While Wi-Fi 6E is just starting to become widespread, Wi-Fi 7 is already making its appearance. The announcement was made on January 8 by the consortium, which shares on its blog that "Wi-Fi 7 will see rapid adoption across a broad ecosystem . "
Really useful ?
Given the connection speeds we currently have, we could say that the Wi-Fi 7 standard is arriving far too quickly and that there is no need for it. But as the Wi-Fi Alliance stipulates , this latest certification responds to a need for “new use cases” . Among them, we find virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality headsets, like the Vision Pro announced a few days ago by Apple . Other new use cases include 3D training, video games, remote working, the Internet of Industrial Things, and cars.
To meet the requirements of these new use cases, it offers throughputs up to five times higher than its predecessor . To achieve this, it uses sending and receiving data simultaneously on multiple frequency lines.
Short and medium term adoption
It is estimated that Wi-Fi 7 will be used by more than 230 million people this year , and that by 2028, this could correspond to almost 2.1 billion people . In its announcement, Wi-Fi Alliance further specifies that the first to use it will not be the “new use cases” mentioned above, but rather smartphones, computers, tablets, as well as points of sale. 'access.
And for Apple
Concerning the Apple firm, it is certain that the firm will adopt these standards, but we do not know when. It could very well do it from the iPhone 16, or not, you never know what to expect with Apple.
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