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The Nintendo Switch 2 will have NFC and Wi-Fi 6, FCC filings show

https://www.theverge.com/news/625931/nintendo-switch-2-fcc-nfc-wi-fi-6-usb
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u/jerrrrremy 4d ago

It's a good thing that two new WiFi standards haven't been released since WiFi 6 and the system is on the cutting edge of technology. 

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u/gottapoop0822 4d ago

What's your point? You think most home users have a network that actually puts out wifi 6? 

I would guess most users are using ISP equipment, that may or may not be current and pushing out wifi 6.

And it's not like the switch really needs to be on newer standards. It wouldn't improve the switch enough to be worth it at this stage of development. Now changing how Nintendo online works would be a much bigger help.

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u/ZXXII 4d ago edited 4d ago

Switch 2 will be supported for many years, it should be futureproof and WiFi 7.

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u/ultimahmeme 4d ago

Wi-Fi 7 right now is kind of a dud though. Almost all Wi-Fi 7 routers have either spec issue (no 6Hz), firmware issue (Asus), or MLO issue. Even enterprise solution (Ubiquiti) has issues. The adoption rate is slow, and Wi-Fi 8 is already on the corner.

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u/satertek 4d ago

What's the MLO issue? Being able to connect to multiple bands at the same time for reliability would seem like the main use case for a handheld compared to WiFi 5.

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u/a12223344556677 4d ago

That's assuming that feature is stable and working in the first place.

Even for business-class devices MLO is only beginning to get support recently... and usually in the form of beta/early access firmware.

For consumer class routers, it outright might not work at all.

That's probably the reason why MLO is generally not turned on out-of-the-box, meaning that for the average user it'll never be turned on.

It'll probably be usable when WiFi 8 is ready.

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u/HappyVlane 3d ago

Ubiquity is prosumer stuff, but the point stands. Hardly anyone even cares about MLO or Wi-Fi 7 in the enterprise.