Historically, to play you had to be connected to the Internet by cable, otherwise you wanted to have huge latency. We see how work is being done to improve the WiFi connection, making it much more powerful. Intel and Broadcom made the first demonstration of Wi-Fi 7 technology which enables speeds in excess of 5.8 Gbps.
Current Wi-Fi 6 connectivity it’s already quite well optimized to be able to play without impact on latency. This allows fans greater versatility, in addition to improving gaming on laptops. Note that the segment of gaming laptops is booming because they have gained in power and their dimensions have been reduced.
Intel is already working on the WiFi 7 standard
The WiFi 6 standard was primarily focused on parallel device connectivity. It has been researched that many devices can be connected without affecting the speed due to the high volume of data transfer. It seems that this new variant will bring improvements in terms of increased bandwidth.
According to Intel, a laptop with a Core processor was used to connect to a Broadcom access point. all this under Wi-Fi 7 standardwhich is the one in the development stage.
WiFi 7 seeks to offer transfer speeds up to 5.8 Gbps, adapt to current market needs. Additionally, it seeks to minimize latency, improve network reliability, and enhance the capabilities of this connection system.
Add this new standard to 6 GHz spectrum unlicensed with channels wider than 320 MHz. Addition of 4K QAM data modulation higher order. It features simultaneous connections across multiple bands with multilink operation and improved channel utilization efficiency with multiple resource allocation.
WiFi 7 is developed with new products in mind that will require large bandwidth. It highlights, above all, the augmented and virtual realitythe transmission ultra high definition media up to 16K and gaming which require high bandwidth. In addition, this new standard admits a large number of devices connected at the same timethinking of the growing needs in housing, offices and public establishments.
To give us an idea, WiFi 7 offers himself five times faster data transfer than the 5G red. Moreover, the maximum speed of WiFi 6 is 9.6 Gbps, while the speed of WiFi 7 would be at least 30 Gbps, although the effective speed of the new standard, as we said, will be d around 5.8 Gbps.
When will the WiFi 7 standard arrive?
Last August, Intel pointed out that they were in the development phase of the first chips for WiFi 7 (802.11be). Once they have an optimal product that meets the requirements, its certification will be requested. There is no specific date, but in the company they are working to get it done as soon as possible.
The first WiFi 7 compatible products based on these new chips, including routers, laptops and other devices, are expected to arrive in 2024. than in 2026, since the market introduction is generally a bit slow.
