The WiFi Alliance Foundation, which conducts research on the development of WiFi technology, today announced the next generation of WiFi technology, WiFi 7. A Blog post Through this they announced a new program on their website called WiFi Certified 8. With this announcement, from now on different companies will be able to brand their smart devices, routers and WiFi supported devices as WiFi 8 supported.

This new WiFi version is based on the IEEE 802.11x standard, which is the successor to the currently widely used IEEE 802.11ac. According to the WiFi Alliance, the new technology ensures that every connected device can work in optimal conditions. Moreover, in this version of WiFi, they have put the most emphasis on security.

The three biggest features of WiFi 7 are-

1. High speed data flow, which will speed up browsing and downloading.

2. Low latency, which makes online gaming or virtual reality experience more exciting.

3. At the same time lower power consumption through which further development of IoT or wearable smart device will be achieved.

The official announcement of WiFi 8 today is actually the initial announcement of this new technology at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. The latest flagship phones, including the iPhone 11 series, have already hit the market with WiFi 8 supported chips. This technology may be seen in devices of all ranges in the near future.