Despite Wi-Fi 6 and 6E adoption rates still being relatively low in 2022, it seems that Intel, the leading semiconductor tech giant is already wanting to move on to the next generation of broadband internet – WiFi 7.

In their latest YouTube video uploaded on Intel’s Newsroom channel, Intel, in collaboration with Broadcom, is shown to demonstrate that Wi-Fi 7 can achieve speeds of up to over 5 Gbps, at least 5 times faster than the 1 Gbps that Wi-Fi 6 maxes out at, and 25 times faster than the average speed of Wi-Fi 5 which is only 200 Mbps.

The demonstration was done using an Intel-powered laptop that has support for Wi-Fi 7 and using a Broadcom access point router, the 5 Gbps speed achieved was stable and steady throughout the test. Broadcom adds that the value of Wi-Fi 7 goes beyond simple speed increases to deliver greater network capacity, Wi-Fi 7 will also bring along the benefits of much lower latencies. 

“The reduced latencies will be invaluable for immersive experiences over Wi-Fi, with the most obvious applications being online gaming and reduced latency for wireless VR headsets. For media streamers, it also opens up the eye-popping possibility of UHD 16K resolution high fps streaming (or more people on the network streaming 4K or 8K videos),” Broadcom explains.

In their press document for Wi-Fi 7, Intel mentions that the company hopes to deploy and supply Wi-Fi 7 modems in Intel-powered laptops starting in 2024, and the documents also reiterate the 4 main pillars of improvement for the next generation of Wi-Fi.

The 4 key advancements are respectively accelerated connectivity, rock-solid reliability, wired-like responsiveness, and enhanced privacy and security. In detail, Intel promises that Wi-Fi 7 will deliver

1. Greater than 5 Gbps PC Wi-Fi speeds with consistent ultra-low latency – share files in seconds vs minutes.
2. Peace of mind your PC will make and maintain the best Wi-Fi connections simultaneously.
3. No-compromise gaming throughout the home.
4. Trust in your connectivity.

As shown in the comparison table provided by Intel above, Wi-Fi 7 has new specifications standards when compared to previous generations. The new Wi-Fi 7 will feature tri-band operations, under 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz frequencies. The tri-band operations allow for more multi-device connections across Wi-Fi 7 without much interference as compared to single-band operation and dual-band operation. 

The underlying technologies behind Wi-Fi 7 also include wider 320 MHz channels in the unlicensed 6GHz spectrum, higher order 4K QAM data modulation, and the upcoming WPA4 network security encryption standard. For more news on Wi-Fi 7, you can read more on MediaTek’s take on Wi-Fi 7 in our article linked here.

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As we inch closer to Redmi’s Flagship launch event this Thursday, the company for the past week has been promoting the Redmi K50 series on Weibo with its highlighting designs, features on Weibo. 

The latest teaser of the Redmi K50 comes from Redmi CEO himself, Lu Weibing on Weibo. It includes 2 things that consumers find vital in a smartphone of our always-connected modern era: connectivity and sound experience.

Let’s start with connectivity, Lu mentions that the Redmi K50 lineup features the newer and better WiFi 6 160MHz, which is said to provide doubled Internet speed compared to WiFi 5. Another improvement on the connectivity front is that the Redmi K50 will now support parallel operations of WiFi and Bluetooth. Lu mentions in the post that this new feature is useful for gamers as you can now game with Bluetooth headsets on without worrying about Internet delay via WiFi, as parallel operations allow for reduced interference.

The next highlight of the Redmi K50 series is the improved audio features via its support for Dolby Atmos. The Redmi K50 lineup will not only feature Dolby Atmos Stereo Speakers for a more enjoying room-wide sound experience but also features Hi-Res Audio via USB-C and Hi-Res Wireless to provide a richer audio experience for those who prefer to immerse themselves in the experience with wired or wireless headphones on.

Redmi is planning to launch the Redmi K50 series this Thursday, and earlier this week the company had already confirmed the company will be the first to launch its mobile devices with the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 and Dimensity 9000 onboard, which is said to provide groundbreaking performance compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Exynos 2200.

For more details about the coverage of the Redmi K50 series launch event, stay tuned for Gizmochina’s coverage of the event this Thursday.

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• Redmi K50 series to be the first to feature Bluetooth 5.3 support
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If you are planning to buy or upgrade your WiFi network system then check out these deals from Reyee. This holiday season Reyee is giving up to $60 OFF on its routers and whole-home mesh WiFi systems. Reyee makes cost-effective products without compromising features. Their product line includes wireless routers, access points, and more. They cater to the needs of home and small offices, and small to medium-sized businesses. Please note that the Christmas sale starts on 15 December and ends on 25 December 2021. 

Here are a couple of interesting Reyee Christmas deals to check out.

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• 8 external omnidirectional high-gain antennas equipped with 4+4 high-power FEM amplifiers
•  Signal coverage up to 3000 sq. ft. with seamless roaming
• multiple users to share channels connect up to 128 devices
• One-Click Reyee Mesh for Seamless Roaming
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• Signal coverage up to 2500 sq. ft. with seamless roaming
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Buy Reyee Whole Home Mesh WiFi System – Pack of 2 

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Key Features:

• Specially designed for Home Network Security
• WiFi 6 mesh router with dual bands: 2.4GHZ and 5GHz
• RedDot Award 2021
• Penetrates through walls easily via stronger signals using beamforming technology
• Signal coverage up to 2500 sq. ft. with seamless roaming
• Multiple users to share channels connect up to 110 devices
• One-Click Reyee Mesh for Seamless Roaming
• Customized MESH-X Matrix Antenna System
• Suitable for 4K streaming and intense online gameplay

For more information on such exciting deals and offers check out our deals hub.

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Verizon Wireless has launched Stream TV Gen 2 streaming device powered by Android TV. It comes with a new Verizon UI and is already up for sale priced at $69.99. The software on the original model released in February will also be updated to bring new UI and navigation improvements.

The Verizon Stream TV Gen 2 is sleeker than the original model from earlier this year. In case you are not aware, the first Stream TV looked like a normal set-top box. However, the latest version resembles a mini soundbar.

That said, the exact specifications of this device are not available. But it is said to support 4K streaming, HDR10, and HDR10+. Unlike the previous model, which got certified for Netlfix after launch, the new model ships with Netflix out of the box.

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The streaming device is also certified for other platforms like YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, ESPN+, Yahoo, Pluto TV, HBO Max, and Starz. In addition to these services, users can install several other apps and games from the Google Play Store.

Further, the Verizon Stream TV Gen 2 also comes with dual-band WiFi 6, which is uncommon in this segment. Lastly, being an Android TV-powered device, it also features Chromecast Built-in and ships with a Google Assistant remote control as well as a wall mount bracket.

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Having said that, new Verizon Fios and 5G Home customers can get this streaming device for free. Additionally, the company has also released an app called Stream TV Mobile, through which customers can browse, buy, and watch VOD purchases.

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Honor‘s latest WiFi 6 router dubbed Honor Router 3 has been launched in Europe. The router is now on pre-sale in several European countries including Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherland. The pre-order will open in Italy on Friday, July 24.

The router is on offer for €79.90 and Honor is equally offering a free Honor Band 5 (Pink or Black) and Honor AM115 Bluetooth earphones (Red or Black)  for those who pay for the product before July 31. It will also be sold in the UK for £79.90 but there are no associated perks.

The Honor Router 3 looks similar to the Huawei AX3 Series WiFi 6+ router except for the base. In fact, it has the same specifications as the standard AX3. The router measures 242mm x 151.9mm x 40.9 mm in dimensions and weighs 379g.

The router is powered by in-house Lingxiao dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz paired with 128MB of RAM and 128MB flash memory. The power consumption is rated less than 12W with 12V DC / 1A power input. It runs the Huawei RTOS system can be controlled using the Huawei Smart Life app available on both Android and iOS.

It is capable of operating in both 2.4GHz (574Mbps) and 5GHz (2402Mbps) modes simultaneously with a maximum transmission rate of 3976Mbps. The router features a total of four antennas with a gain of 5dBi.

Further, the router supports transmission protocols such as 802.3, 802.3u, and 802.3ab. It also has three modes namely Wall Penetration, Standard, and Sleep. As for security, it comes with features like WPA3, firewall, DMZ, DoS attack protection, etc.

Other additional features of Honor Router 3 include speed limit, bandwidth limit, parental controls, gaming acceleration, WiFi relay, guest network, MAC address filtering, VPN, and more.

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While Honor is gearing up for an upcoming product launch event, the company has also started teasing a few gadgets beforehand. Earlier today (14th May 2020), the Chinese tech giant teased its first Wi-Fi 6 Plus router, named Honor Router 3.

Earlier this year, the Wi-Fi technology saw an advancement in its technology with the new generation of WiFi 6 standards being launched. As of right now, its popularity is already increasing, with most flagship smartphones featuring this technology. Routers and other AIoT products also appeared early on and now it seems that a higher WiFi 6 Plus standard is arriving soon as well.

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For those unaware, WiFi 6 brought a lot of improvements over the older generations. It had bandwidth almost three times higher than WiFi 5 and can have nearly 4 times the capacity of concurrently connected devices. Furthermore, its power consumption was also powered by 30 percent while latency also saw a reduction. Unfortunately, it is currently unknown what improvements WiFi 6 Plus brings over the regular WiFi 6, but it is likely to be further improvements on the aforementioned features.

The official Honor Weibo account, a Chinese microblogging website, shared the first poster image for the Honor Router 3. This product will be announced on 18th May 2020, alongside many others like a new laptop, the company’s first 5G and WiFi 6 compliant tablet, and more. So stay tuned, as we will be covering the product launch conference.

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Recently, Huawei announced AX3 series of routers as the word’s first routers with WiFi 6+ support. The duo went on sale for the first time on April 27. According to the company, it sold over 150,000 units of these two network devices on the first day of the sale itself.

Huawei AX3 router series includes two devices – Huawei AX3 and Huawei AX3 Pro. They are priced at 229 Yuan ($32) and 329 Yuan ($46) respectively.

Both the Huawei AX3 WiFi 6+ routers features similar specifications and features except for the processor and RAM. The standard version is powered by in-house Lingxiao dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz paired with RAM and ROM of 128MB each. On the other hand, the Pro variant features a 1.4GHz Lingxiao quad-core processor coupled with 256MB RAM and 128MB ROM. 

Also, though they are similar in size with dimensions of 225 mm x 159.2 mm x 39.7 mm, the standard version weighs lighter at 387g compared to 403g of the Pro version. Further, the power consumption differs on the two because of different CPUs – 12W and 24W respectively. Lastly, the standard version only comes in white color, whereas the Pro can be purchased in white as well as black color options

Apart from the above-mentioned differences, the Huawei AX3 and Huawei AX3 Pro WiFi 6+ routers are similar in all ways possible. They are capable of providing max speed of 2976 Mbps operating simultaneously in both 2.4GHz (574Mbps) and 5GHz ( 2402Mbps) ranges. They feature 4 high-performance antennas, two each for 2.4Hz and 5GHz respectively.

They have all the useful and security features such as one-key pairing, mobile app support, speed limit, bandwidth limit, parental controls, gaming acceleration, WiFi relay, guest network, MAC address filtering, VPN, WPA3, firewall, DMZ, DoS attack protection, and more.

Interested people can buy these new Huawei WiFi 6+ routers from GizTop with international shipping.

Buy Huawei AX3 WiFi 6+ Router From GizTop

Buy Huawei AX3 Pro WiFi 6+ Router from GizTop

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In a recent press conference held by Huawei, the Chinese tech giant announced that its routers had crossed 12 million units in shipment in 2019 alone. The announcement was made by Zhi Hao, the President of Huawei’s Consumer business IoT product line.

According to the senior executive, the tech giant had achieved the 12 million unit shipment in 2019, with products priced over 200 Yuan (roughly 28 US Dollars) having the most dominant share. Notably, online sales accounted for this and 2019 as the sales up by 139 percent over 2019. This includes the company’s routers with the latest Wi-Fi 6 standards.

For those unaware, Wi-Fi 6 is the latest generation in the standards. One of the biggest improvements it has made is the introduction of 5G technology. In other words, it has two high and two low bandwidths (high bandwidth, high concurrency, low latency, low power consumption). This also translates to an overall faster networking speed support, with better and wider coverage over the previous generations.

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As of right now, Huawei is one of the leading figures in Wi-Fi 6 routers and other AIoT products. 2019 saw the breakout of the technology while 2020 is already witnessing a more widespread commercial adoption. This means that 2020 may surpass even 2019 with its overall router sales figures, although thee recent coronavirus outbreak might have certain negative impacts on sales as well.

Huawei also used the press conference as a stage to talk about its new Wi-Fi 6+ technology. The new routers are based on a self developed custom chipset. It will also soon be found in Huawei smartphones, tablets, smart displays, and other terminals and routers as well. The new chipset is dubbed that Kirin W650 and takes advantage of the company’s end to end dynamic narrow bandwidth technology.

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The WiFi 6 is the newest standard announced by the WiFi Alliance (WFA) in 2019. It brings a lot of improvements over the older WiFi 5. Technically, smartphones running flagships chipsets like Snapdragon 855 and above can support Wi-Fi 6. But it also requires a special certification to be enabled, so phones like the OnePlus 7 Pro miss out on this latest Wi-Fi standard.

However, the company may soon enable Wi-Fi 6 for the OnePlus 7 Pro via an OTA update.

OnePlus has a history of missing features due to lack of certifications. For example, Widevine L1 certification was missing on OnePlus 3 / 3T / 5 / 5T, which is required on smartphones to play HD content on streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Nevertheless, due to constant feedback and criticism, the company do enable them later via software updates. Now, the same is being repeated in case of WiFi 6 on OnePlus 7 Pro.

A Redditor recently had a chat with the OnePlus Support team and the support guy confirmed that WiFi 6 compatibility might be enabled in the next OTA update. Unfortunately, he wasn’t clear about the exact timeline of the release. Also, it is unknown whether the support for WiFi 6 will come first in the beta channel or directly to the phones running stable build.

Even if OnePlus enables Wi-Fi 6 on the OnePlus 7 Pro, users will need to connect their phones to WiFi 6 routers in order to exploit its full potential. Some of the features of WiFi 6 include better speed, reinforced security, lower latency, and battery consumption, and exceptional network coverage in congested areas such as stadiums, conferences, and more. 

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