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		albertzeyer on Oct 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Announces Nest WiFi I also wondered about that. From the blog post: * "making it even better" * "includes the Google Assistant" (I guess this means its Google Wifi + Google Home combined?) * "Nest Wifi is more powerful than Google Wifi, delivering up to two times the speed and up to 25 percent better coverage." I'm a bit wondering why it has the "Nest" name tag.

krisroadruck on Oct 15, 2019 [–]

The 2X speed increase is just coming from better MU-MIMO adoption, moving to 4x4 on 5G from 2x2. This is pretty old tech. 4x4 MU-MIMO has been available for several years now (since 2016).

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