Most new phones on the market today launch with Wi-Fi 6 or the newer 6E standard with the latter intended only as a transition step before the inevitable debut of Wi-Fi 7 devices. DigiTimes supported by IC Inspection Labs suggests that the first batch of Wi-Fi 7 phones is expected to debut in the second half of 2024. As usual, Samsung will be one of the pioneers of the new Wi-Fi standard with its Galaxy S24 expected to be among the first phones on the market to support Wi-Fi 7.
What does this mean in terms of speed? Wi-Fi 7 is expected to deliver 2.4 times faster peak speeds than Wi-Fi 6 with the Wi-Fi organization citing values of up to 33Gbps. Wi-Fi 7 devices will be able to use 300 MHz channels and will bring physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) improvements while continuing to operate with existing 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 frequencies GHz. Qualcomm has already unveiled the Wi-Fi 7 Networking Pro Series Wi-Fi chips, and we should see the first batch of Wi-Fi 7 home laptops and routers in early 2024.
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