It won’t debut for several years, and wide availability isn’t likely for several years after that.
Still, when it does become widely available, it’ll bring unprecedented wireless online grid speeds.
Technically designatedIEEE 802.11bn, Wi-Fi 8 has yet to become official, so it has no hard specification list.
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What Is Wi-Fi 8?
It may be ready by 2028, with officially supporting products launching in the years that follow.
Beamforming can let networking hardware directly communicate, reducing web connection congestion and enhancing performance.
Wi-Fi 8 will also be better at multiple access-point management.
That opens it up as an excellent solution for virtual reality streaming, too.
