Wi-Fi 8 is the friendly name for the 802.11bn standard and is the version after Wi-Fi 7. It’s also called the Ultra High Reliability wireless standard designed to primarily deliver better coverage and reliability rather than faster speeds than Wi-Fi 7.
If you’re still wondering whether it’s time to upgrade to Wi-Fi 7, do that now! You only have a few months left to enjoy the standard as a novelty. Today, TP-Link—that popular “not-Chinese” networking vendor—announced its comprehensive Wi-Fi 8 portfolio, along with a relatively concrete release timeline. Among them is …
Since late 2025, Broadcom has proven itself a strong advocate for the upcoming Wi-Fi 8, with multiple modular chip releases designed to power routers, access points, clients, and gateways. Today, the chip maker continues that trend by releasing a trio of new dual-band Wi-Fi 8 system-on-chips (SoCs), including the BCM6772, …
If you have upgraded your broadband to the ultimate 10Gbps speed grade and now wonder, “What’s next?” here’s some news that will pique your interest: 50Gbps broadband is coming. Indeed, Broadcom today announces its BCM68850 system-on-chip (SoC) as a complete 50G-PON solution for the home. Broadcom BCM68850: 50Gbps broadband meets …
Broadcom today made its third announcement on Wi-Fi 8 hardware, introducing the first enterprise Wi-Fi 8 access point (AP) platform and new enterprise switches built for the “AI Era”. Prior to this, the company unveiled its first Wi-Fi 8 chips in October 2025, along with a second round of chips and a …
If you have gotten yourself a new Wi-Fi 7 router or system, congratulations! Today, it’s its 2nd anniversary. The standard was certified on January 8, 2024. With that, let’s talk about its successor: Wi-Fi 8. This latest wireless standard became almost a real thing with the NeoCore concept router ASUS …
Following the first Wi-Fi 8 solutions unveiled in October 2025, Broadcom today announced additional chips at CES 2026, painting a more complete picture of the upcoming standard. These include an Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) and two dual-band chips. As it turns out, like Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 8 will continue the …
The future is here. Sort of. Today, ASUS announced the ROG NeoCore, its “first” Wi-Fi 8 router at CES 2026. Before you get too excited, there’s a caveat: unlike previous announcements, such as the Wi-Fi 7 GT-BE19000AI at the previous CES, which became available at the end of 2025, the …
