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Wifi 5 and wifi 6 are both standards of wireless internet connectivity and both serve the same purpose but there are several key differences between them. In this video we’re going to have a look at what the most important differences between them are.

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Lets start with their names, both have other names they're commonly known by that we can see here. These names are based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers naming convention which named the first generation of Wifi as the 802.11 protocol and added additional letters for each additional generation of wifi.

Wifi 5 was released in 2014 and wifi 6 in 2019.
Now lets look at speed, wifi 5 has a theoretical limit of 3.5Gbps. Its worth noting you’re very unlikely to get any close to that unless you have an extremely fast speed coming into your router from your service provider and are in optimal conditions with no interference at all and nothing such as walls or furniture between your device and router..
Wifi 6 has a theoretical limit of 9.6Gbps but again you’re very unlikely to get this is incredible speed when connecting to a wifi 6 router for the same reason weve mentioned.

Wifi 5 uses the 5ghz frequency band only. Whereas wifi 6 can use both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz band. The 2.4ghz band has a lot of other household devices using it and therefor experiences a lot of interference causing slower speeds so being able to use this band may not sound like an advantage. However signals in 2.4ghz band tend to have higher range and are better at penetrating walls than 5ghz signals. This means you can stay connected to the wifi from further away with wifi 6.

Wi-Fi 6 is more efficient in handling multiple devices and high-density environments compared to Wi-Fi 5. This makes it far superior in environments like busy offices and airports where you may have over 100 devices connected once.

Another feature wifi 6 devices have over wifi 5 is that they may see improved battery life. This is due to a feature of wifi 6 known as target wake time. Smart home sensors will benefit the most from this as they can schedule their wake times more efficiently. Instead of staying awake for extended periods, waiting for communication opportunities, they can synchronize their wake times with the access point or router. This is not possible on wifi5.

Both wifi 5 and 6 are backwards compatible with older devices, if you want to check which generation of wifi your device or router supports google the tech specs and check which standard it uses. Remember it may be referred to by its 802.11 version rather than saying whether its 5th or 6th generation. I’ve left a link to my recommended Wi-Fi 6 router in the description if youre looking to make the upgrade yourself.

Which standard of wifi do you use at home? Let me know down in the comments and please do subscribe if you enjoyed this video and thanks for watching!

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