Comment on Wi-Fi 7 quietly took off while everyone was looking at AI

Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• stankmut@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The article is about how new products are getting support for Wifi 7, so probably none of your current devices.

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  • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My comment was more a rebuke at the headline than the article

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    • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The boosted speed is also beneficial for mesh networks, not just end devices.

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      • MaggiWuerze@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Then you need APs that support it. It’s not something that can be added by an update

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    • stankmut@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s basically CES in a nutshell. Nearly everything shown off won’t be useful for years.

      The headline seems to be targeted at dedicated Verge readers who know that AI is the current big buzzword at CES, they are likely a bit tired of it, and are interested in something that’s not AI.

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• Overlock@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My laptop only supports 2.4 GHz lol

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  • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The WiFi card in laptops tend to be modular so you may be able to upgrade it. I’ve never done it though so dunno

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    • evranch@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Used to be but it’s been part of the chipset for years now. You can add a USB dongle though

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      • aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A lot of laptops still have socketed wireless. Intel even sells wifi 7 m.2 cards (using real pcie, not cnvio) for exactly this purpose

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      • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Mine’s a 2021 Dell Inspiron 15 7510, but its a 15.6 inch, might be different in smaller form factors

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• obinice@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, I just upgraded to a new laptop 18 months ago, it does WiFi 6 I think, the one that’s popular for the Quest 2 headset anyway, and this is going to be my computer now for at least another 8 years, like the last one was.

  Same with the router, which I upgraded to get that newer WiFi, and now it’s going to sit there doing it’s job for probably the next decade, because it does it well.

  Maybe in 2032 I’ll upgrade to WiFi 7, but there’s no real need to do so until then, unless something really important that WiFi 6 can’t handle comes along.

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