Next-gen Wireless Standard Will Be Called Wi-Fi 6 Instead of 802.11ax

The 802.11 standard, developed by the IEEE, for wireless network technology may have looked like gibberish to a lot of you until date, but the Wi-Fi Alliance has now decided to simplify the naming criterion with the announcement of the next-gen standard. The new Wi-Fi standard, i.e802.11axhas been dubbed Wi-Fi 6.

This should make Wi-Fi product descriptions a lot easier to read. The Wi-Fi alliance announced this changevia an official blog post, where tit said that the new naming conventionprovides users with an ‘easy-to-understand’ designationwhile buying a device with wireless connectivity.

Just 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.

Anmol

Getting my start with technology journalism back in 2016, I have been working in the industry for over 7 years. Currently, as the Editor of Beebom, I’m leading the coverage on the website. While my expertise lies in Android, Windows, and the apps world, find me reading manga, watching anime, and playing Apex in my free time.

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