Next-gen Wireless Standard Will Be Called Wi-Fi 6 Instead of 802.11ax
Oct. 4, 2018Just like with Bluetooth, you can now easily tell which generation is the latest. Talking about the new naming scheme for Wi-Fi technologies, Edgar Figueroa, President and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance, in a press statement said,
“For nearly two decades, Wi-Fi users have had to sort through technical naming conventions to determine if their devices support the latest Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Alliance is excited to introduce Wi-Fi 6, and present a new naming scheme to help industry and Wi-Fi users easily understand the Wi-Fi generation supported by their device or connection.”
The new scheme also applies to older versions of Wi-Fi standard. Here’s the new naming scheme of all the Wi-Fi generations:
The Wi-Fi Alliance has also given a look at how the Wi-Fi technologies will be represented visually by product makers or OS vendors.
They will be able to include the new Wi-Fi logo into their products to make users aware of the Wi-Fi standard being used in the same. We can expect to see Wi-Fi 6 devices, certified by the organization, early next year.
