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If you have older devices, there isn't a whole lot of benefit but Wi-Fi 6 can still help in heavily congested areas. Wi-Fi 6E goes even further by using a entirely new band(6Ghz) which almost no one is using. However it's mainly for LOS applications. I am not sure what Wi-Fi 7(be) adds but I will be going down that rabbit hole when I upgrade. I am waiting 6 months AFTER Wi-Fi 7 is finalized which could be as late as 2024.That way all the firmware bugs are worked out.
Understand, and I am prone to "over-engineering" as my wife likes to say. In my case, with ethernet backhaul, some of the benefits go away since I don't need the dedicated wireless connection between modems. My Samsung S22 will do over 500 mbps running Speedtest using a 5ghz connection to the first gen Google routers and out over the Cox network. At that point, more speed doesn't help and the only connectivity issues I have are with devices that don't release and reconnect seamlessly when moving around the house. If/when my Google routers start going out, I would probably go to the Google Pro WiFI units, which are not backward compatible so I'd be swapping out everything.
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