More than a month after the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced certification for Wi-Fi 7 devices, Microsoft has added support for the technology to Windows 11.
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This is in build 26063 in the Canary and Dev Channel of the Windows Insider program. But it's likely to make its way into the hands of the wider public long after hardware capable of supporting the new standard has been around for a while. Microsoft's hardware partners are no doubt dying to get some updated Wi-Fi branding on their new gadgets.
Microsoft described Wi-Fi 7, also known as IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (EHT), as a "revolutionary technology that offers unprecedented speed, reliability and efficiency for your wireless devices."
The Wi-Fi Alliance introduced Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 on Jan. 8 and estimated that 233 million devices were poised to enter the market this year, rising to 2.1 billion devices by 2028. In addition to smartphones, the Wi-Fi Alliance said tablets, computers and access points (APs) were expected to be the earliest adopters of the technology, which is why it appears in Windows 11.
