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TP-Link’s New Wifi 6E Router Uses Motorized Antennas That Self-Adjust as Devices Move Around Your Home

It's a unique alternative to mesh wifi that provides targeted signals to device hot spots in your house.

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 4

Hex Home Security Is a Supercharged Motion Detector That Feels Very First-Gen

Hex's security kit uses wifi to detect movement, though it still feels like a concept rather than an ecosystem.

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Florence Ion Aug 18

This Is the Cheapest Way to Get Good Mesh Wifi in Your Home

You don't need to splurge on pricey home wifi systems if you just want to set up a basic mesh network.

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Florence Ion Jul 8

The Best WiFi 6E Routers To Buy Right Now

Being an early adopter is expensive, but at least these routers are future-proofed.

Reviews Wes Davis Jun 28

This WiFi 6E Router Proves Next-Gen Connectivity Is Just Too Expensive

You can find WiFi 5 routers that offer fine performance for far less.

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Wes Davis Jun 21

Netgear’s Nighthawk RAXE500 Is the First Really Good WiFi 6E Router

Unbelievably fast throughput everywhere I could possibly want it

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Wes Davis Jun 2

Linksys’ New WiFi 6E Mesh Router Is Wildly Fast, but You Should Wait

From Linksys', the first WiFi 6E-certified mesh router

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Wes Davis May 27

Amazon’s Eero 6 Mesh Wifi Router Now Works With Apple HomeKit

Today Amazon is rolling out a firmware update for the Eero 6 that finally adds compatibility with Apple’s smart home standard. Eero 6 and Eero 6 Pro users can add devices to the HomeKit app and control them through the Home app on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Amazon has already put up a support…

Gadgets Florence Ion May 26

Asus’ First Wi-Fi 6E Router Is a Beast for Gaming, but Struggles Everywhere Else

It seems like only yesterday that Wi-Fi 6 routers really started to hit the market, and that’s true—the first products trickled out in late 2018, and the new 802.11ax standard is only now going mainstream. But the FCC has opened up the 6 GHz band to unlicensed use, so router manufacturers are taking the ax…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Wes Davis May 6

Linksys’ Motion-Sensing Wifi Now Uses All Your Wireless Devices For More Accurate Alerts

Over the next decade the smarthome as we know it is going to change dramatically thanks to technologies like Linksys Aware that turns a wifi network into a motion detector that watches every corner of your home. The tech is still in its infancy, but Linksys has announced a major update that leverages IoT devices…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 11

Linksys’ First Wi-Fi 6E Mesh Router Will Be an Expensive Way to Future Proof Your Wifi

Every year at CES there’s a new buzzword generously thrown around: last year it was 5G, and for 2021 it’s going to be Wi-Fi 6E. If you’ve recently upgraded to a Wi-Fi 6 router that’s really unfortunate because 6E promises to genuinely fix a lot of the bottlenecks caused by overcrowded wifi networks. Netgear has…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 11

The Ubiquiti Amplifi Alien Is a Positively Luxurious Wi-Fi 6 Router

An absurd looking, and expensive, Wi-Fi 6 router mesh system

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Wes Davis Dec 31

The Best Mesh Router with Wi-Fi 6 Is Very Affordable

We are taking a closer look at five new systems that can take advantage of faster internet speeds and a mesh network

Reviews Florence Ion Dec 4

The Very Best Gadgets We Saw at CES 2020

It’s Saturday, CES is finally done, and over 150,000 people have fled Vegas for less light-saturated locales. We walked the show floor and went to every secret hotel meeting we could to find the best gadgets coming out of CES this year. These are nearly all products that will be available in 2020—no concept cars…

Gadgets Alex Cranz Jan 11

Soon Linksys Wifi Will Be Able to Detect Every Breath You Take

When we went checked out Linksys’ motion-sensing wifi feature last month, we were more impressed with the potential of the technology than its actual capabilities at launch. But at CES 2020 the company gave us a glimpse of Linksys Aware’s future, and we’re now far more optimistic about the technology’s potential to be a genuine…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 7

Motion Sensing Wifi Is a Limited But Fascinating Peek at the Future of the Smart Home

In 2013, researchers at MIT demonstrated how the wifi signals that fill every corner of your home with high-speed internet could also be used to detect the movements of pets and people—even through walls. Six years later, Linksys has introduced similar functionality on its tri-band mesh routers, and while the technology is clearly still in…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski Dec 13

Move Over, Netflix, Linksys’ New Wi-Fi Router Prioritizes Video Games

Unless you’ve upgraded to a whole home wi-fi solution like Linksys’ recently announced Velop, you’re probably finding your wireless network struggling to keep up these days. If you’re a gamer, the last thing you want is lag and dropped frames during online multiplayer matches because someone in another room is watching The Crown on Netflix.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 3

Linksys Wants to Eliminate Wi-Fi Dead Spots With These Tiny Towers Scattered Around Your Home

As more and more devices have become dependent on wi-fi, wireless routers have been growing in size, and sprouting countless antennas, in an attempt to keep up with the wireless demand. The results haven’t been pretty, but Linksys is finally jumping into whole home wi-fi with a new wireless router that doesn’t look like alien…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 3

These Three Companies Want to Revolutionize the Most Important Gadget in Your Home

Within the last two years, routers have gone from ugly boxes tucked away in shame to well-designed products, complete with a variety of new technologies and user-friendly interfaces. Led by ambitious startups like Eero, Luma, and Starry, and even bigger companies like Google’s OnHub, routers are having a gadget moment—and that could finally help people…

Tech News Darren Orf Jun 10

Linksys Just Made Its Iconic WRT Routers More Affordable

Almost a decade ago, when Belkin’s 54GL router reigned supreme, routers could afford to be somewhat restricted when it comes to bandwidth. You had a desktop, maybe a laptop, and if you’re a really early adopter, a smartphone connected to your network. Now, devices have multiplied like asexual amoebas, we’re swimming in laptops, tablets, smartphones,…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 4

Linksys

TP-Link’s New Wifi 6E Router Uses Motorized Antennas That Self-Adjust as Devices Move Around Your Home

Hex Home Security Is a Supercharged Motion Detector That Feels Very First-Gen

This Is the Cheapest Way to Get Good Mesh Wifi in Your Home

The Best WiFi 6E Routers To Buy Right Now

This WiFi 6E Router Proves Next-Gen Connectivity Is Just Too Expensive

Netgear’s Nighthawk RAXE500 Is the First Really Good WiFi 6E Router

Linksys’ New WiFi 6E Mesh Router Is Wildly Fast, but You Should Wait

Amazon’s Eero 6 Mesh Wifi Router Now Works With Apple HomeKit

Asus’ First Wi-Fi 6E Router Is a Beast for Gaming, but Struggles Everywhere Else

Linksys’ Motion-Sensing Wifi Now Uses All Your Wireless Devices For More Accurate Alerts

Linksys’ First Wi-Fi 6E Mesh Router Will Be an Expensive Way to Future Proof Your Wifi

The Ubiquiti Amplifi Alien Is a Positively Luxurious Wi-Fi 6 Router

The Best Mesh Router with Wi-Fi 6 Is Very Affordable

The Very Best Gadgets We Saw at CES 2020

Soon Linksys Wifi Will Be Able to Detect Every Breath You Take

Motion Sensing Wifi Is a Limited But Fascinating Peek at the Future of the Smart Home

Move Over, Netflix, Linksys’ New Wi-Fi Router Prioritizes Video Games

Linksys Wants to Eliminate Wi-Fi Dead Spots With These Tiny Towers Scattered Around Your Home

These Three Companies Want to Revolutionize the Most Important Gadget in Your Home

Linksys Just Made Its Iconic WRT Routers More Affordable

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