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seven is the luckiest number so maybe it's fitting that Wi-Fi 7 claims to

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solve the age-old issue of your signal becoming unreliable when you're too far

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from your router or access point but isn't Wi-Fi 6E still super new and super

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awesome well it is and it turns out that the Wi-Fi 7 spec isn't even finalized

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yet that'll most likely happen in late 2023 or early 2024 but a handful of

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phones that support it are already out and a few routers are available for

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pre-order for shipping this year and even if you don't want to Shell out 700

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bucks for one cheaper models are certainly coming so let's have a look at

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what they're promising the biggest features to be excited about aren't raw

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speed improvements but range and reliability a huge part of this is a

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trick that Wi-Fi 7 uses called multi-link operation or mlo or low all

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previous versions of Wi-Fi involved an access point connecting to a client

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device on one channel using one frequency band think about how when you

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connect your phone to a Wi-Fi network you're often asked to choose between a

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2.4 or a 5 gigahertz signal with mlo

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though one router can connect and send data to your device on multiple channels

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using multiple bands at the same time including yes the new six gigahertz band

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that was introduced with Wi-Fi 6E the obvious benefit of this is a faster

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connection since more data can be moved around at once but for most folks the

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bigger Advantage is going to be how far you can get from the router and still

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have a connection that's at least good enough without having to switch to a

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different network you see the higher frequency you use the faster your

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connection is but unfortunately the shorter range it'll be five gigahertz

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Wi-Fi is already notorious for having a relatively short range and this is even

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more of a problem with the new six gig connections however mlo lets you

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continue using a lower frequency if you're far away from the router so while

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your connection might not have as much raw speed it'll still allow you to keep

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doing what you're doing unless what you're doing is some serious really high band with stuff but that isn't the only

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annoyance that pops up when you move around with your phone that Wi-Fi 7 can

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solve will tell you about another cool feature and solution right after we

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below one way that you can make up for the short range of faster high frequency

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signals is to add more power to them sounds simple but there are actually

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legal limits on how much power you can give a Wi-Fi signal that's to prevent

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interfering with other broadcasts flying through the air Wi-Fi 7 though has a

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couple of nifty ways to get around this kind of interference one is called

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automated frequency coordination or AFC basically it checks the database of

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registered broadcasters such as radar or satellite to ensure that increasing

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power won't have adverse effects on anyone else's activity another is called

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puncturing where if a portion of a channel is already in use for some other

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purpose other than Wi-Fi the router can still use the rest of that channel to

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talk to client devices and as the standard evolves we may see even more

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ways to keep your connection strong if you're somewhere like an airport or

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hotel you might have experienced a signal drop As you move around even

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though there might be an access point right there they're all over the place

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in those buildings but this is because clients like phones have a really nasty

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habit of holding on to their existing connection as long as they can and

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roaming over to a closer access point only when it's absolutely necessary this

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has been a common frustration for many generations but it's possible that a

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future revision of the Wi-Fi 7 spec may allow for more robust automatic

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coordination between access points again though the spec is not yet finalized so

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time will tell but we've talked a lot about keeping the connection from

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dropping what about the actual performance if you're very close to the

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router well Wi-Fi 7 is faster but as

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with any new revision of Wi-Fi you can't go by the maximum speed it says on the

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box although Wi-Fi 7 can use insanely

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huge 320 megahertz wide channels on that

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six gig band most devices will still likely use 160 megahertz channels on a

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2x2 connection so realistically I'd expect close to three gigabits per

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second optimistically but that's still much faster than the vast majority of

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internet connections out there and there are a suite of tools within the Wi-Fi 7

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spec to reduce latency as well so we might finally have a version of Wi-Fi

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that you can game on without getting fragged by someone that uses an Ethernet

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cable for absolutely everything a girl can dream thanks for watching guys if

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