SoftBank Raises $11.1 Billion in Bond Sale to Fund OpenAI Investment 
SpaceXAI to Double Nvidia Chips at Colossus 2 by Year-End 
Apple Extends Qualcomm Patent Licensing Deal 
Oracle Shares Fall as New Mexico AI Data Center Faces Power Delays 
OpenAI AI Agents Bypassed UN Website Controls in Data Scraping 
Meta Connect Spotlights Camera-Free Smart Glasses Amid Privacy Concerns 
SoftBank Shares Fall as Oracle Flags Stargate Data Center Delay Risk 
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Summoned to Australia AI Inquiry 
US Appeals Court Upholds Anthropic AI Supply Chain Ban 
OpenAI to Preview GPT-6 Cyber AI Model for Cybersecurity 
China’s ‘Lipstick King’ Says AI Won’t Replace Livestream Hosts 
BlackBerry Shares Rise as Q2 Earnings, Revenue Beat Estimates 
Meta Found Liable in New Mexico Facebook Data Privacy Case 
TikTok Reaches $100 Million Alabama Settlement Over Child Safety Claims 
Solidigm Eyes $150 Billion IPO as SK Hynix Expands AI Storage Push 
Akamai Shares Surge on $11.6B Anthropic AI Cloud Deal 
Microsoft Stock Upgraded as Stifel Sees Stronger Azure Growth 
Add as a preferred source on Google
More devices are expected to enter the market with support for Wi-Fi 6E in the coming year. A new report from notable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests some of Apple’s upcoming products, including the iPhone 14, could be one of them.
The addition of Wi-Fi 6E connectivity is one of the highlights in Kuo’s recent note to investors obtained by MacRumors. The analyst also reported that the shift is expected to be applied to Apple’s upcoming head-mounted display device, which the report believes is Apple’s highly anticipated AR/VR headset. Kuo expects that Apple’s adoption of Wi-Fi 6E could have a wider effect as its availability in iPhone 14 could encourage other smartphone makers to make the same move.
Transitioning to Wi-Fi 6E would also greatly benefit Apple’s rumored mixed reality headset since AR/VR require faster speeds for uninterrupted activities. And Kuo expects an annual upgrade in the supported Wi-Fi connectivity — Wi-Fi 6/6E in 2022, Wi-Fi 6E/7 in 2023, and Wi-Fi 7 in 2024. However, the analyst did not specify if this progression is a general prediction or if it specifically applies to Apple’s products.
Wi-Fi 6E is still based on the Wi-Fi 6 technology, but it extends to the 6GHz band that adds up to 1200MHz of spectrum. Tapping into the 6GHz band means there would be less congestion and interference since more devices now connect to the crowding 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.
Devices connected through Wi-Fi 6E benefit from faster speeds and lower latency since it uses higher bandwidth by accessing additional 160MHz channels. This should be convenient during demanding online activities like streaming high-resolution content and AR/VR gaming.
The FCC adopted new rules in April 2020 that allowed for the unlicensed use of the 1200 MHz of spectrum in the 6GHz band in the United States. Many expected that it would encourage tech companies to launch more devices that support Wi-Fi 6E. To this day, though, there are only a few premium smartphones with this feature, including Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 3, Asus Zenfone 8, Asus ROG Phone 5, and Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro/Ultra.
Apple was rumored to add the Wi-Fi 6E connectivity to the iPhone 13 series, but that did not become a reality. But with Kuo’s recent prediction, Apple fans might finally see it happen next year for the iPhone 14 lineup.
Photo by Daniel Romero on Unsplash
