There are also differences between the Router and the Access Point with the Router supporting AC2200 MU-MIMO WiFi, with 4×4 on 5GHz, 2×2 on 2.4GHz, while the Access Point supports AC1200 MU-MIMO WiFi with 2×2 on 2.4 GHz/5 GHz. Not including Wifi 6 is a missed opportunity but it’s not a huge deal right now, though in a year or two the competition will start including it, and if you want it you’ll need to update your whole wireless setup again. Wifi 6 offers theoretical speeds of up to 10Gbps, up from around 3.5Gbps of Wifi 5 (802.11ac) and utilises both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands with band steering to encourage devices that can, to use the 5GHz network, while leaving the more crowded 2.4GHz band to those that can’t. What you’re not getting on Nest Wifi is support for Wifi 6, or 802.11ax as it’s technically called. In terms of wireless, Nest Wifi supports dual-band (2.4GHz/5GHz) Wifi with IEEE 802.11s Mesh networking on board (this includes 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac). There’s internal storage on Nest Wifi too with 4GB on the router, and 512MB on the access point. The Nest Wifi runs on a 1.4GHz ARM CPU with 1GB RAM for the Router and 768MB for the Access Point making it twice as fast, and with twice the RAM of Google Wifi. Google sells the Nest Wifi router for $269 by itself, or with a single access point for $399, or with two access points for $549. Google supplied us with a single Nest Wifi router and access point, though you can purchase additional access points as you need them for $229. Nest Wifi dials that back, with a single router and offering additional access points that can be added to the Mesh network to bolster signal around your home. Google Wifi was incredibly over-engineered for what it was, with each access point able to act as an independent router on its own. Both setups offer mesh networking – the ability to have multiple wireless access points which blanket your home with wifi signal in a single, easy to access SSID. The Nest Wifi replaces their Google Wifi hardware introduced in 2016. With their latest release, the Nest Wifi pack, they’re moving forward with a fresh new design and features. As a company who makes their money by you being online, it’s not really a big surprise that Google has been making forays into consumer networking equipment for the past five years.
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