

However, this support is only relevant when you also have a wireless network that supports the standard.

The very first Wi-Fi 6 products hit the markets around the end of 2018 / early 2019, and the latest high-end products, such as smartphones, now support Wi-Fi 6. You can read more about what the standard entails here: Wifi 6: What can we expect from 802.11ax and the designation Wi-Fi 6 itself here: Wi-Fi 6, 5, 4.

Wi-Fi 6 is often referred to as "high-efficiency wireless", boasting increased capacities, improved resource utilization and higher throughput speeds.
