If you’re on a budget and only need modest speeds from your home WiFi, then you can certainly save some money by sticking with an older WiFi 5 router.
And, of course, you don’t need a WiFi 6 router if – like me – you’re still using older Macs and iOS devices that only have WiFi 5 (although WiFi 6 routers are still backwards-compatible with Macs and other devices that have WiFi 5). You really don’t need to spend £400 for a 10Gbps WiFi 6 router if your home broadband tops out at just 100Mbps. That includes your computers and mobile devices, of course, but also other types of smart devices, such as speakers, light bulbs and security cameras too. However, WiFi 6 is also designed for the future, and the Internet Of Things (IoT), and includes features such as OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access) that make routers much more efficient when transmitting data to lots of different devices at once. It’s seriously fast, with a theoretical top speed of 10Gbps, which is more than twice that of WiFi 5. ‘mesh WiFi’ systems available that use WiFi 6 as well. And, for larger homes that need more than a single conventional router, there are also new So, with more and more devices now equipped with WiFi 6, it only makes sense to consider WiFi 6 when buying a new router.
However, the latest Macs, iPhones and iPads are all now equipped with WiFi 6, as well as computers, smartphones and tablets from many other manufacturers too. WiFi 6 has actually been around for more than a year, but hardly anyone was using it until relatively recently, so a WiFi 6 router really wasn’t an essential purchase.
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