New ESP32 variant announced (wifi-6)

Check the official website for specifications.

Although I am very happy with the current devices in the 2.4Ghz band, wifi-6 might be a nice improvement.

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I'm curious what improvement would 5Ghz Wi-Fi bring? ESP32 chips typically aren't seeing bandwidth heavy applications nor are they going to benefit from lower network latency.

I can't think of an use case where it would be reasonable to trade longer 2.4Ghz signal coverage for the benefits of 5Ghz spectrum.

I would never use 2.4Ghz on a phone or a laptop if 5Ghz is available, but that's quite different use case.

MorganCS@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I can't tell if it's 5ghz or 2.4 based off of the press release?

BOFH666@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I think you're right and shame on me.. Nothing is mentioning 5Ghz, jumping to conclusions by me..

MorganCS@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

No stresses at all. I appreciate you taking the time to put the post up in the first place. Thank you!

poopsmith@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I think all their products are 2.4 GHz. The C5 was announced a while back and is supposed to have 5.0 GHz support, but it hasn't been released yet. Not sure what's happening with that product.

MorganCS@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

It's one of the few things 2.4ghz left on my network. I know 5ghz uses a bit more power, but it would be so nice not to have to run a 2.4ghz network anymore.

Thanks for letting me know!