The Wi-Fi Alliance, a global network of manufacturers and software companies, today announced Wi-Fi 6 using 802.11ax technology. 802.11ax is the newest standard after 802.11ac in use today.
The number 802.11 refers to a set of wireless network transmission standards, and as you already know, there are many different ones, such as the 802.11b we used in the past. 802.11n and 802.ac are the most common standards in use today.
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that starting today it will use generational terminology for advancing Wi-Fi technologies. It will call 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 and use the same naming system for older standards: 802.11ac will be referred to as Wi-Fi 5 and 802.11n as Wi-Fi 4.
The new naming system will identify Wi-Fi generations in numerical order that corresponds to major Wi-Fi developments. Generation names can be used by product vendors to identify the latest Wi-Fi technology a device supports, by operating system vendors to identify how a Wi-Fi connection is established between a device and a network, and by service providers to identify the capabilities of a Wi-Fi network to their customers.
As a user, all you have to do is make sure the device supports the latest standard, Wi-Fi 6.
You should know that Wi-Fi 6 refers to the latest generation, which supports 802.11ax technology. As for the latest 802.11ax technology, technicians claim that one of the positives is its compatibility with older devices.
In addition to this, they promise improvements, and more features. You can read the introduction to Wi-Fi 6 from the Wi-Fi Alliance page.
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