Earlier this week, Qualcomm announced that its latest FastConnect 6900 WiFi system on the latest Microsoft Windows 11 operating system will ‘redefine’ wireless networking performance on PCs.

Windows 11

The American chipmaker announced the new chip that is built on a WiFi Dual Station design, which uses Qualcomm’s 4 Stream Dual Band Simultaneous. In simpler terms, the chip users multiple WiFi Bands and antennas at the same time to offer better performance over the conventional single band connection. Meaning, it uses both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz (or even 6GHz) together, which allows it to address the latency issues in one band on a system level.

Tests conducted by Qualcomm with retail WiFi 6 Access Points using WiFi Dual Station with the company’s 4 stream Dual Band Simultaneous managed to deliver a jitter free gameplay that is similar to Ethernet level latency and reliability. Furthermore, when compared to Single Station WiFi, the new chip managed to deliver latency four times lower than the conventional wireless counterpart. In other words, the results showcase that it would be great for PC gamers on Windows 11 laptops.

Windows 11

Microsoft officially stated that “Microsoft is pleased to bring ‘WiFi Dual Station’ to the Windows 11 ecosystem, enabling our Windows OEMs and ecosystem leaders to deliver low latency performance on the latest WiFi hardware. Games and other latency sensitive applications can now leverage two concurrent WiFi connections providing best in class user experiences.” The company further added that “This unique collaboration with Microsoft was essential in realizing the promise of Windows 11 with Qualcomm Technologies’ latest WiFi 6E 4 stream Dual Band Simultaneous devices. Through focused collaboration, we address today’s unprecedented wireless challenges and dramatically extend these premium capabilities to the entire ecosystem.”

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