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The Wi-Fi Alliance has just announced the program, thereby officially certifying the new Wi-Fi 7 wireless standard. Wait, haven't brands already announced Wi-Fi 7 products for some time? Yes, while we already have Wi-Fi 7 devices in the market (like ), the wireless standard itself hasn't actually be ratified. This changes now as the Wi-Fi Alliance has finally made the standard official. Furthermore, this new certification program will ensure that all Wi-Fi 7 devices meet a certain set of requirements and feature support. The key features worth knowing are the following: We covered these in greater detail , but essentially, it should mean faster, more reliable wireless performance, as well as the ability for routers to support more wireless devices concurrently. The greater implication of this announcement is that we should finally see more Wi-Fi 7 devices enter the market. There's no question that the first would be routers, and while that's exciting, I think . Though Wi-Fi 7 routers will be backwards compatible, we still need Wi-Fi 7 client devices to get the best out of them. Still, this is an important day of wireless networking, as it officially marks the start of our eventual transition to the new Wi-Fi 7 standard. Source: