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So according to an FCC filing the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will support Wi-Fi 6E but not the newer Wi-Fi 7.

For a comparison, you can get a max speed of 9.6 Gb/s with Wi-Fi 6E, while Wi-Fi 7 can reach a speed of 46 Gb/s.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no Internet companies are capable of 46gbs.

IDGAF about the pixel phones but i see this kind of argument all over the place and it's infuriating. ISPs don't have to offer 46gbps for wifi6 to be your bottleneck. Imagine having 2gbps internet, talking about how you need to upgrade away from gigabit, and someone goes "well you don't need 10gigabit(or 2.5 or 5), your ISP isn't giving you 10gbps." Sure it isn't, but it's still offering more than my current network can enable

Not to mention, wifi never, ever, ever hits advertised speeds. I have wifi 6 and it is a bottleneck on my 2gbps internet with a single device. Imagine having multiple devices!

And even if your internet wasn't bottlenecked by your wifi, the internet isn't the only thing your phone can communicate with on a network.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. I would always push for advancement and future proofing. But I'm not even pushing 100 mbs down. So 46 is just insane. Even at whatever the maximum number of devices connected.

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