{"id":47225,"date":"2022-08-16T18:13:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/almost-certain-nest-wifi-appears-at-fcc-with-wi-fi-6e-on-board\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:13:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:13:47","slug":"almost-certain-nest-wifi-appears-at-fcc-with-wi-fi-6e-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/almost-certain-nest-wifi-appears-at-fcc-with-wi-fi-6e-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost-certain Nest Wifi appears at FCC with Wi-Fi 6E on board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-text\">enlarge <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> We can&#8217;t show you Google&#8217;s likely new Nest Wifi router because it&#8217;s confidential.  But &#8220;white&#8221; and &#8220;spherical&#8221; are pretty good bets.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside id=\"social-left\" class=\"social-left\" aria-label=\"Read the comments or share this article\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache hit 627:single\/related:b1b9f4a3e03d87bc77b5adc5d921ee1e --><!-- empty --><\/p>\n<p>Google has a new device awaiting approval at the FCC, and all signs point to it being an updated Nest Wifi router that not only addresses the notable lack of Wi-Fi 6 on its last model but leapfrogs ahead to Wi-Fi 6E.<\/p>\n<p>In FCC documents made available yesterday, Google asked the FCC to keep confidential its schematics and operational details, including an &#8220;Internal Proprietary Antenna Solution consisting of 6 antennas.&#8221;  As pointed out by <em>Android Police<\/em>, the filings also show support for the 6 GHz frequencies of Wi-Fi 6E.  There are also the standard 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, Bluetooth Low-Energy, and the 2.4 GHz frequencies that smart home connection standard Thread relies upon.<\/p>\n<p>The model number\u2014A4R-G6ZUC\u2014is akin to other Nest products, and 9to5Google says it has confirmed that this is the number for the next Nest Wifi router.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2019, when Google skipped Wi-Fi 6 for Nest Wifi, citing (questionable) cost concerns, we noted that a Wi-Fi 6 router wouldn&#8217;t do much for a home mostly filled with Wi-Fi 5 and 4 (ie , 802.11ac and 802.11n) devices.  And yet, had Nest&#8217;s router and points used Wi-Fi 6, their ability to use this newly freed-up spectrum space to speak to newer devices\u2014and especially for backhaul moving of traffic from node to node\u2014could have benefitted homes full of noisy devices or those competing with close-by neighbors&#8217; gear.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad_wrapper\" aria-label=\"In Content advertisement\">\n    <span class=\"ad_notice\">Advertisement <\/span>    <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same story with Wi-Fi 6E.  There&#8217;s a small list of devices using the relatively recent Wi-Fi 6E right now: the Pixel 6 and 6a, Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy S21 Ultra, some brand-new laptops (not including the latest MacBook Air), and any PC you upgrade yourself with a 6E card.  Wi-Fi 6E also lets devices make use of the wider 80 and 160 MHz channels, opening up capacity and reducing interference.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image shortcode-img right medium\" style=\"width:300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Broadcom chart illustrating the difference between a noisy 5 GHz channel and a clean 6 GHz channel.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WiFi-6E-latency-histogram-300x169.png?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WiFi-6E-latency-histogram-640x361.png 2x\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-text\">enlarge <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Broadcom chart illustrating the difference between a noisy 5 GHz channel and a clean 6 GHz channel.<\/div>\n<p>Broadcom<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that this FCC filing is only for a Nest Wifi <em>router<\/em>.  It&#8217;s unclear whether Google will offer Nest hubs with built-in speakers, as with the previous Nest Wifi.  One more notable improvement Google could latch onto new Nest hubs would be Ethernet ports, something painfully lacking from the current generation.<\/p>\n<p>In our benchmark review of Nest Wifi, we were impressed with Nest&#8217;s coverage of a 3,500-square-foot, difficult-layout home but found lots of room for improvement.  Given the other options available at the same price points, it seemed like an option best suited for those already enthusiastic about Google Assistant speakers.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Nest Wifi arrives (likely at an October Google hardware event), there will probably be strong Wi-Fi 6E mesh competition.  We&#8217;ll see if the product has the same value proposition then.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>enlarge \/ We can&#8217;t show you Google&#8217;s likely new Nest Wifi router because it&#8217;s confidential. But &#8220;white&#8221; and &#8220;spherical&#8221; are pretty good bets. Google has a new device awaiting approval at the FCC, and all signs point to it being an updated Nest Wifi router that not only addresses the notable lack of Wi-Fi 6 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/almost-certain-nest-wifi-appears-at-fcc-with-wi-fi-6e-on-board\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Almost-certain Nest Wifi appears at FCC with Wi-Fi 6E on board<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46267,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-nest-wifi-shows-up-at-fcc-w-wi-fi-6e\/","url_meta":{"origin":47225,"position":0},"title":"New Nest Wifi shows up at FCC w\/ Wi-Fi 6E","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Google is now one step closer to releasing a next generation of its Nest Wifi mesh router, with the new model showing up at the FCC and revealing its Wi-Fi 6E connectivity. 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