Faster Wi-Fi

Now that Apple has added top-notch 5G technology to its iPhone lineup, it looks like its focus may return to improving the Wi-Fi performance of its iPhone models by adding support for the latest 6GHz Wi-Fi 6E technology.

While Wi-Fi 6E is still in its fairly nascent stages, its use of the 6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum offers potential for significantly faster speeds than mere 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6, which shares the same congested 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels as all the older Wi-Fi standards.

It’s worth keeping in mind, however, that Apple added Wi-Fi 6 support to the iPhone 11 back in late 2019, becoming one of the first smartphone makers to do so, back at a time when that technology was still on the bleeding edge.

While Wi-Fi 6E would represent a fairly minor upgrade for most users right now, it would definitely pave the way for better and faster wireless performance at even lower power levels — especially when dealing with busy Wi-Fi networks.